Fortunate men are admonished by the adventures and similes of those who have preceded them, before those who follow them can use the event as a proverb, like thieves who shorten their hands, lest their hands be cut off. <br /> <br /> The bird does not go to the grain displayed <br /> When it beholds another fowl in the trap. <br /> Take advice by the misfortunes of others <br /> That others may not take advice from thee.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-08-on-rules-for-conduct-in-life-maxim-67/
