When a sage comes in contact with fools, he must not expect to be honoured, and if an ignorant man overcomes a sage in an oratorical contest, it is no wonder, because even a stone breaks a jewel. br br What wonder is there that the song br Of a nightingale ceases when imprisoned with a crow br Or that a virtuous man under the tyranny of vagabonds br Feels affliction in his heart and is irate. br Although a base stone may break a golden vase, br The price of the stone is not enhanced nor of the gold lost.