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Story CLVII post. I was displeased, exclaiming ',' and asked why they had again made Iblis the teacher of angels.

An old man, experienced in the world, who had heard me, smiled and said: "Hast thou not heard the maxim? A Pâdshâh placed his son in a school, putting in his lap a silver tablet with this inscription in golden letters: 'The severity of a teacher is better than the love of a father.'"