ABSTRACT
Scripture. One of his sayings is recorded which concludes with the following wordtJ-
A man. distributes alms, and his left hand does not know what his rigl,;t hand dispe'l18es.
He spoils the slttve and then beats him. Said of those who spoil their inferiors or their
children, and then punish them for what their own folly has caused. in the ·Egyptian dialect H to spoil (a child) by too much indulgence i" for we often hear
He eats and (at the same time) mocks (at what }I.e eats).
