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Loan from a wicked man (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
borrowing
sayings
Period
1st century CE
4th century CE 		Channel
Iranian culture
Syriac texts

Text
Admonitions of Ādurbād 22 (Middle Persian):
From a bad-natured and low-born man do not borrow, and do not lend (to him). For (if you borrow from him) you will have to pay heavy interest, and all the time he will be standing at your door, and constantly he will have a messenger (standing) at your door, and you will have a heavy loss from it.

Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 130-131:
Borrow not a heavy loan and from a wicked man. And if you borrow, give yourself no rest until you pay back the loan.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 22 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 130-131

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 48de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

Amar Annus


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