Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The Dimwit
The Dimwit- السّفيه والسفهاء
- The wise person gets most fatigued when he speaks to a dimwit.
1ـ أعْيى ما يَكُونُ الحَكيمُ إذا خاطَبَ سَفيهاً.
- The most dim-witted of all fools is the one who boasts with foul language.
2ـ أسْفَهُ السُّفَهاءِ المُتَبَجِّحُ بِفُحْشِ الكَلامِ.
- One who enters the circle of dimwits is debased.
3ـ مَنْ داخَلَ السُّفَهاءَ حُقِّرَ.
- One who censures a dimwit has exposed himself to insult.
4ـ مَنْ عَذَلَ سَفِيهاً فَقَدْ عَرَّضَ لِلسَّبِّ نَفْسَهُ.
- Refraining from replying a dimwit is the best reply you can give him.
5ـ تَرْكُ جَوابِ السَّفيهِ أبْلَغُ جَوابِهِ.
- The dimwit does not know the right of the wise one.
6ـ لا يَعْرِفُ السَّفيهُ حَقَّ الحَليمِ.
- Nothing corrects the dimwit but bitter [and harsh] speech.
7ـ لايُقَوِّمُ السَّفيهَ إلاّ مُرُّ الكَلامِ.
- Accompanying the dimwit corrupts one’s character.
8ـ مُقارَنَةُ السُّفَهاءِ تُفْسِدُ الخُلْقَ.