True, the poor ass is dull;
but then for carrying loads 'tis dear to men.
The carrier ox, the patient ass,
Man's tyrant, cruel man surpass.
Sa’dī (Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāz) (1210–1292) Iran
Translated by Edward Backhouse Eastwick
From The Gulistan of Sa'di, Book 1 Story XX
Source: The Gulistān; or, Rose-garden, by Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Trübner & Co., 1880
but then for carrying loads 'tis dear to men.
The carrier ox, the patient ass,
Man's tyrant, cruel man surpass.
Sa’dī (Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāz) (1210–1292) Iran
Translated by Edward Backhouse Eastwick
From The Gulistan of Sa'di, Book 1 Story XX
Source: The Gulistān; or, Rose-garden, by Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Trübner & Co., 1880
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