said to a friend that I have chosen rather to be silent than to speak because on most occasions good and bad words are scattered concurrently but enemies perceive only the latter. He replied: ‘That enemy is the greatest who does not see any good.’ <br /> <br /> The brother of enmity passes not near a good man <br /> Except to consider him as a most wicked liar. <br /> Virtue is to the eyes of enmity the greatest fault. <br /> Sa’di is a rose but to the eye of enemies a thorn. <br /> The world illumining sun and fountain of light <br /> Look ugly to the eye of the mole.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-04-on-the-advantages-of-silence-story-01/
