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Sign of Wisdom

English book, p. 19

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

SIGN OF WISDOM families. I said to the man that one mistake of his had given an opportunity to his former friend to cheat him. The right thing now for him to do was to accept this mistake and to reform himself for the future. To take revenge is to turn one’s ‘first mistake,’ as it were, into a chain of continuous destruction. On the other hand, to not take revenge is to nip one’s mistake in the bud. A foolish person knows only his actions, while a wise man knows not only his actions but also their possible consequences.

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