Motif
secret withheld because allies may become enemies
secret_withheld_because_allies_may_become_enemies
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí FIRST GARDEN / PRIDE / FRIENDSHIP / SECOND GARDEN; lines 1771-1795 confidence: high
The speaker addresses a boy and says that a secret necessary to conceal from a foe should not be revealed even to a friend.
The speaker advises concealing a secret even from a friend because friends may become foes with time.
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