Basatin al-uns 69.55

69.55

The boon-companion said: "To leave the vizier outside in this unaccustomed attire seems far from prudence, for
most creatures look only to the external appearance of conditions, and if they witness something contrary to custom, in accordance with their own shallow
judgment they stir up corrupt conjectures, so that by this cause false rumors are spread in all quarters and directions,
and often it becomes the cause of the emergence of strife and the occurrence of calamities. But the class who are characterized by a sound method, firm deliberation,
perfect prudence, and comprehensive cunning, and whose fiery intellect, through correct deductions, makes known and reveals
the events and reports of tomorrow today, and in the foundations of whose reasoning no flaw finds a way in any manner,
are, like the moon and the sun, few in number and count; and corruption and the ruin of affairs can no more be expected from that class than the right arrangement of
interests can be expected from the common populace. Therefore, in every state, sovereigns must establish foundations for affairs
that encompass the order of the conditions of the common people, whose abundance—like the scarcity of the elite—is established and known by the decree of observation."
The sovereign ordered the vizier to be summoned. When he saw him, observing the side of respect and
honor toward him, he asked about the manner of discharging the affairs. The vizier said: