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CCXXXIX. A certain prince had a little servant who used to learn with him in school, and who sud¬ denly sickened and died. And when the king said to him, “My son, thy servant is dead,” he replied, “Yes, “he is dead, and he hath escaped from the school.”
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Abraham, the disciple of Sisoes, said to him, "Supposing there be a congregation on Saturday or Sunday, and that a brother were to drink three cups of wine: would that be too much ?" Sisoes replied, "If Satan did not exist it would not be too much, but since he doth exist it is too much."
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From "PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF MUHAMMEDAN KINGS AND OF
THEIR SAGES"
CCXII. A certain king was asked by one of his nobles, “Who was the founder of thy race?” And he replied, “Ill luck brought it upon them that I should be the founder.”
CCXIII. Another of the sages said, “The members of a man’s household are the moth of his money.”
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THEIR SAGES"
CCXII. A certain king was asked by one of his nobles, “Who was the founder of thy race?” And he replied, “Ill luck brought it upon them that I should be the founder.”
CCXIII. Another of the sages said, “The members of a man’s household are the moth of his money.”
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Dec 07, 2023 04:53AM
Ha...ha? Wow, remarkable lack of human feeling, prince whatsyour name.
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Slightly more human! But also not.XLIX. Gifts of certain vessels of glass were given to Alexander, and though they pleased him very much he ordered them to be broken. And when he was asked the reason he replied, "I know that they would be broken one after the other by the servant's hands, and that thereby anger would be always stirred up in me; for this reason it is that with one burst of wrath I have driven away many storms of rage."
