The sage asked the spirit of wisdom
ZoroastrianismMainyo-i-Khard 54HOLYMAP · SACRED TEXTS
Mainyo-i-Khard
Mainyo-i-Khard 54
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thus: 'Wherefore is he who is an ill-natured man no friend of the good, nor an untalented man of a talented one?'
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The spirit of wisdom answered
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thus: 'For this reason, because he who is an ill-talented man is at [all] 3 times in fear of the talented,
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lest "they should trouble us by their skill and talent, and, owing to that circumstance, shame may come upon us before the good and our opponents."
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'And the ill-natured are no friends of the good for this reason, because there is a time for their annihilation and destruction by the hands of the good.'