| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9192 |
| AUTHOR: | Ali Ben Abi Taleb |
| QUOTATION: | Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not;
In a single enemy thou hast more than enough. 1 |
| | Note 1.
Translated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and wrongly called by him a translation from Omar Khayyám.
Found in Dr. Hermann Tolowiez’s “Polyglotte der Orientalischen Poesie.”
Translated by James Russell Lowell thus:—
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. [back] |
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