سندبادنامه 213.1

213.1

When an enemy is wise, he is better than a friend; / With both enemy and friend, knowledge is good.
And I, your servant, out of the excess of my sincerity, the abundance of my loyalty, and my devoted attachment, fear
that what befell the bleacher may befall the shah from this son. And to a human being, nothing
is dearer than his limbs and organs, his inner thoughts and bodily faculties; yet despite all this, when
a corrupting and deadly disease occurs in a part, treating it by cautery and amputation is deemed necessary,