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Quotation from The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I) by Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane
“Spare me, and so may God spare thee; and destroy me not, lest God destroy thee.”
The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Chapter II, Story of King Yoonán and the Sage Doobán, trans. Edward William Lane
The physician pleads with the King he cured, who has been persuaded by his Wezeer that the sage plans to kill him; the fisherman uses the same words to the 'Efreet.
Citation: "Spare me, and so may God spare thee; and destroy me not, lest God destroy thee." — Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane, The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Chapter II, Story of King Yoonán and the Sage Doobán, trans. Edward William Lane. (id lane-thousand-and-one-nights-q5)
Portrait: Edward William Lane, Richard J. Lane, Public domain.
