For the one who sees his own mistake as right,
don't bother laying out the truth; to him it looks like error.
He only sees the face that lives in his own nature;
a crooked mirror never shows beauty straight.
Explanation: The mirror image means a flawed inner character distorts whatever truth it reflects, just as a warped mirror bends a fair face.
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رباعی شمارهٔ ۳
آن کس که خطای خویش بیند که رواست
تقریر مکن صواب نزدش که خطاست
آن روی نمایدش که در طینت اوست
آیینهٔ کج جمال ننماید راست