To quarrel with a man of good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.
SanskritHe is not honest who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company the soup is hot.
YugoslavianWhen the judge's mule dies, everyone goes to the funeral; when the judge himself dies, no one does.
ArabianThe crocodile does not die under the water so that we can call the monkey to celebrate its funeral.
Nigerian_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?
Cosmopolitan Theology: Reconstituting Planetary Hospitality, Neighbor-Love, and Solidarity in an Uneven World