Hitopdesh • Chapter 5 • Shloka 58
शृणु देव तेन मन्त्रिणाहं प्रथमदर्शने एव ज्ञातः ।
किंतु महाशयोऽसौ राजा । तेन मया विप्रलब्धः । तथा चोक्तम् --
आत्मौपम्येन यो वेत्ति दुर्जनं सत्यवादिनम् ।
स तथा वञ्च्यते धूर्तैर्ब्राह्मणश्छागतो यथा ॥
Listen, my lord. The minister knew me at first sight. But the king was noble-minded, and so I could deceive him. And it is said - He, who from his own analogy considers a knave to be a speaker of truth, is deceived, just as the Brahmana was by rogues with respect to a goat.
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