سندبادنامه 209.1

209.1

The antidote becomes worse than the flame of poison / when it exceeds its proper measure.
Now this maidservant has heard that one of the company of the viziers has sown discord and confusion concerning her,
displaying her words as falsehood and infamy,
presenting her statements and premises in the guise of ugliness and reprobation, and striving to distort her condition and disparage her speech;
and I fear that through the discourses of the viziers and the absurdities of the prince,
the very same situation will occur as that which befell the washerman from his unfilial son
and disobedient child.' The shah asked: 'How was that tale? Relate it!'