Bidpai (Pilpay)

There was once, in a remote part of the East, a man who was
altogether void of knowledge and read more

There was once, in a remote part of the East, a man who was
altogether void of knowledge and experience, yet presumed to call
himself a physician.

Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early read more

Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.

There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.

He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.