Wisdom No. 21

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Wisdom No. 21

A bad-tempered person is trapped in the grip of an enemy: wherever he goes, he cannot escape the punishment that enemy deals out. Even if a bad-tempered man flees disaster and climbs to the heavens, his own foul temper will keep him mired in disaster.
Explanation: The 'enemy' is a person's own bad temper, which follows him everywhere and becomes its own inescapable punishment.

Original · Persian

حکمت شمارهٔ ۲۱

بدخوی در دستِ دشمنی گرفتار است که هر کجا رود از چنگِ عقوبتِ او خلاص نیابد.
اگر ز دست بلا بر فلک رود بدخوی ز دست خوی بد خویش در بلا باشد