A thief said to a mendicant: ‘Art thou not ashamed to stretch out thy hand for a grain of silver to every sordid fellow?’ He replied: <br /> <br /> ‘To hold out the hand for a grain of silver <br /> Is better than to get it cut off for one dane and a half.’<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-03-on-the-excellence-of-contentment-story-27/
