Watch over thy expenditure, for he who through vain glory spendeth uselessly what he hath on empty follies, will receive neither return nor praise from anyone.

Ferdowsi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 247

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Watch over thy expenditure, for he who through vain glory spendeth uselessly what he hath on empty follies, will receive neither return nor praise from anyone.

Ferdowsi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 247

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