{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw16.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw16.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw16.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nTo recompense good for good is a duty.\nNeglect of recompense is contemptible.\nIf a man do you a favour recompense him, and if you are unable to do so, pray for him.\nThe worst kind of recompense is to requite evil for good.\nReproach faults by kindness, and requite evil by good.\nThere is no glory in revenge.\nMeet insult by insult, and honour by honour. Evil can be repelled only by evil.\nWhat you put into the pot you will take out in the ladle.\nHe who plays with a cat must bear its scratches.\nHe who lives in a house of glass should not throw stones at people.\nSins may lurk, but God deals heavy blows.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Recompense","type":"page"}