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Admonitions of Ādurbād 60 (Middle Persian): Make a right-speaking man (your) messenger.
Ahiqar (Arabic Version) 27.6: Make the modest man a doorkeeper and the liberal, intelligent man a messenger.
Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 41: My son, send a wise man (on a mission) and give him no orders. But if youy send a fool, go (rather) you (yourself) and send him not.
Sources (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 60 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Arabic Version) 27.6
Ahiqar (Syriac Version) 41
Bibliography
de Blois 1984, 48 | de 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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