The laughable stories collected by Mâr Gregory John Bar Hebræ

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE PERSIAN SAGES. 27
"which are seemly, in order that thoumayest.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 wrath?" And he replied, "When a man
"is injured by some great thing he is. troubled, but
"when by some small matter he is enraged."
CVII. One day while Khusrau was sitting down, a
man mean of stature drew nigh to him and began to
weep and cry, saying, "Avenge me upon him that
"hath oppressed me ;" but 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.
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Probably Mardawij, gojli^, 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.