January 23
The angry man is like one who sets fire to his own house to drive a mouse out of it.
The Rose Garden (Golestan) (freely rendered)
Two Heads, One Belly
The angry man is like one who sets fire to his own house to drive a mouse out of it.
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On the shore of a lake lived a bird with two necks and a single belly. One head found nectar. The other asked for half. But the first would not share any.
At that the second, full of rage, sought out poison and swallowed it.
The bird had only one belly. Both heads died.
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