The teeth of all men are blunted by sourness, but those of the qazi by sweetness. <br /> <br /> The qazi whom thou bribest with five cucumbers <br /> Will prove that ten melon-fields are due to thee.<br /><br />Saadi Shirazi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ch-08-on-rules-for-conduct-in-life-maxim-79/