If thou desirest ease in this life, keep thy secrets undisclosed, like the modest rosebud. Take warning from that lovely flower, which, by expanding its hitherto hidden beauties when in full bloom, gives its leaves and its happiness to the winds.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

If thou desirest ease in this life, keep thy secrets undisclosed, like the modest rosebud. Take warning from that lovely flower, which, by expanding its hitherto hidden beauties when in full bloom, gives its leaves and its happiness to the winds.

Tradizione persiana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 489

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

The angel grows up in divine knowledge, the brute, in savage ignorance, and the son of man stands hesitating between the two.

Tradizione persiana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 199

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Alas, for him who is gone and hath done no good work! The trumpet of march has sounded, and his load was not bound on.

Tradizione persiana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 35