Dread him who dreads thee, O Sage
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' Harmuzd , being asked what was the fault of father of your viziers that he imprisoned them. He replied: " I discovered no fault. I saw that boundless awe of me had taken root in their hearts but that they had no full confidence in my promises, wherefore I apprehended that they, fearing calamities would befall them, might attempt m life and I acted according to the maxim of sages who have said: "Dread him who dreads thee, O sage, Although thou couldst cope with a hundred like him. Seest though not when the cat becomes desperate How he plucks out with his claws the eyes of a tiger? The viper stings the shepherd's foot Because it fears he will strike his head with a stone..