The Vile

The triumph of a vile person leads to destruction. ظَفَرُ اللَّئيمِ يُرْدي۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The triumph of vile people leads to haughtiness and defiance. ظَفَرُ اللِّئامِ تَجَبُّرٌ، وطُغْيانٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The shadow [and patronage] of the vile ones is [an] endemic adversity. ظِلُّ اللِّئامِ نَكِدٌ وَبِيٌّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The habit of vile people is to repay good with evil. عادَةُ اللِّئامِ اَلمُكافاةُ بِالقَبيحِ عَنِ الإحْسانِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The habit of vile people is denial [the blessings they have been given]. عادَةُ اللِّئامِ الجُحُودُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The habit of vile people is ugly slander [and backbiting]. عادَةُ اللِّئامِ قُبْحُ الوَقيعَةِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Harming honourable and liberated people is the habit of the vile and ignorant ones. عادَةُ اللِّئامِ والأغْمارِ أذِيَّةُ الكِرامِ والأحْرارِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The honour of a vile person is humiliation and the deviation of the intellect is the worst... عِزُّ اللَّئيمِ مَذَلَّةٌ، وضَلالُ العَقْلِ أشَدُّ ضِلَّة۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Flee as far as you can from the foolish, vile one. فِرُّوا كُلَّ الفِرارِ مِنَ اللَّئيمِ الأحْمَقِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The poverty of the honourable one is better than the wealth of the vile one. فاقَةُ الكَريمِ أحْسَنُ مِنْ غَناءِ اللَّئيمِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Absence of vile people is a [source of] comfort for the people. فَقْدُ اللِّئامِ راحَةُ الأنامِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Every time the rank of a vile person is raised, the people around him diminish, whereas the... كُلَّمَا ارْتَفَعَتْ رُتْبَةُ اللَّئيمِ نَقَصَ النّاسُ عِنْدَهُ، والكَريمُ ضِدُّ ذلِكَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who is vile, [the occasion of] his birth is evil. مَنْ لَؤُمَ ساءَ ميلادُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who needs something from the vile ones has indeed been forsaken. مَنْ كانَتْ لَهُ إلَى اللِّئامِ حاجَةٌ فَقَدْ خُذِلَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Hard-heartedness is from the traits of the vile ones. مِنَ اللِّئامِ تَكُونُ القَسْوَةُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The one who accompanies vileness is censured. مُصاحِبُ اللُّؤْمِ مَذْمُومٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The withholding of the honourable one is better than the granting of the vile one. مَنْعُ الكَريمِ أحْسَنُ مِنْ إعْطاءِ اللَّئيمِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The vile one is recognized by [his] evil action, ugly character and blameworthy miserliness. يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى اللَّئيمِ بِسُوءِ الفِعْلِ، وقُبْحِ الخُلْقِ،وَ ذَميمِ البُخْلِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The practice of the vile ones is denial. سُنَّةُ اللِّئامِ الجُحُودُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم