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Better hold the hand for coin, though small, than lose, for one half a dang, it all.

in Gulistan (The Rose Garden), On the Excellence of Contentment (1258)Report problemRelated quotes
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Dan Costinas said on 03 April 2013:
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«It is better to stretch out the hand for a grain of silver, than to have it cut off for having stolen a dang and a half.» ~ according to Francis Gladwin's translation (1865)

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