dispreadeth

Updated: May 6, 2025

It was asked of a certain sage, 'Who is the most ill conditioned of men?; and he answered, 'The man whose lusts master his manhood and whose mind soareth over high, so that his knowledge dispreadeth and his excuse diminisheth; and how excellently saith the poet,

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02