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Quotation from The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I) by Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane
“This is a Jinnee, and I am a man; and God hath given me sound reason; therefore, I will now plot his destruction with my art and reason, like as he hath plotted with his cunning and perfidy.”
The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Chapter II, Story of the Fisherman, trans. Edward William Lane
Told he may only choose the manner of his death, the fisherman resolves within himself to answer the 'Efreet's might with wit.
Citation: "This is a Jinnee, and I am a man; and God hath given me sound reason; therefore, I will now plot his destruction with my art and reason, like as he hath plotted with his cunning and perfidy." — Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane, The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Chapter II, Story of the Fisherman, trans. Edward William Lane. (id lane-thousand-and-one-nights-q4)
Virtues: Prudence
Portrait: Edward William Lane, Richard J. Lane, Public domain.
