Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “which are seemly, in order that thou mayest be kept “from the things which are unseemly.” CV. Bazarjamhir said, “When thou dost not know “which of two things is the better for thee [to do], “take counsel with thy wife and do the opposite of “that which she saith, for she will only counsel [thee “to do] the things which are injurious to thee.’^ CVI. Meradwikh^ was asked, “Wherein doth trouble “differ from wrathAnd he replied, “When a man “is injured by some great thing he is troubled, but “when by some small matter he is enraged.” evil. One day while Khusrau was sitting down, a man mean ok stature drew nigh to him and began to weep and cry, saying, “Avenge me upon him that “hath oppressed mebut Khusrau took no notice of him. And when one of his noblemen asked him, “Why dost “thou not hearken unto his voice?” he said, “The “man mean of stature cannot be oppressed.” And the mean man understood and cried out, “Master, he that “hath oppressed me is meaner than I;” and when the king heard [this] he laughed and avenged his cause. ^ Probably Mardawij, the king who was slain by his Turkish bodyguard while enjoying a bath in the palace of Ahmed ibn 'Abd el-Aziz, A.H. 323.