(proverbial saying)
anonymous transmitted opinion (qīla)
cited 3 times by 2 works in the library · not held
The library does not hold this work. Two of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
cited by
3 citations · from 2 works-
Adab al-wazīr al-Māwardī 2 citations · 12 passages
section: on caution 6 passages anchored here · ch. 9 2 passages anchored here · ch. 10 · ch. 11 2 passages anchored here · section: on rightsThe text repeatedly grounds a rule on an unattributed 'it has been said', which is itself a mode of citation.
keep far from the ignorant man that you may find rest, for the carrying of sand and salt and iron is easier than a dwelling place with an ignorant man.
section: on caution ¶ -
Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle 1 citation
The passage explicitly cites a proverb as support for the claim that one should be reluctant to share misfortune with friends.
whence the proverb My own misfortune is enough).
book 9 ¶
The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of this text is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.
the marks
- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
- neutral
- identified or reported
- refuted
- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
- the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
- italic
- named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
- ¶
- the passage in this text that does the citing
- 7
- beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.
Every row here is derived from the harvest, not curated: the citation ledger holds the whole of it, and the atlas states the method.