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from Sa'di, The Golestan Book 1, Anecdote 34
"Wise men don't think of manliness
As fighting with a maddened elephant-
A man, when all is said and done,
Is one who when he's angry doesn't rant!
An evil minded person swore at one
Who bore it calmly and, when he had done,
Said, "Friend, I'm worse than that if you but knew-
I know my faults more deeply than you do."
More truer words have never been spoken.
"Wise men don't think of manliness
As fighting with a maddened elephant-
A man, when all is said and done,
Is one who when he's angry doesn't rant!
An evil minded person swore at one
Who bore it calmly and, when he had done,
Said, "Friend, I'm worse than that if you but knew-
I know my faults more deeply than you do."
More truer words have never been spoken.