Story CXV
Story CXV
A thief said to a mendicant: “Art thou not ashamed to stretch out thy hand for a grain of silver to every sordid fellow?”
He replied: “To hold out the hand for a grain of silver is better than to get it cut off for one dang[1] and a half.
- ↑ A dang is one-fourth of a dirhem (drachma).
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