Wisdom
Everyone does what befits his nature,
Translated from Uzbek · Original text
Everyone does what befits his nature,This justice of pre-eternity is never broken:To love books is the mark of kings,To flee from books is the habit of slaves.A person’s past is written on his brow,A person’s deeds come from his character:To honor books is the work of the learned,To scorn books is what the ignorant do.You understand: as your years go by,Perhaps your destination is forty, perhaps fifty:Reading books is the secret of growing up,Turning away from books is childishness.A person does not let everything into his being,The wise man does not speak every word as if it were a word:The moment you have learned to tell books apart,Welcome to wisdom, O friend, welcome!Akrom MALIK
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