دروغ مصلحت آمیز به از راست فتنه انگیز

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Persian

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Etymology

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From the first story of Saadi's Gulistan.

Proverb

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دروغ مصلحت آمیز به از راست فتنه انگیز (doruğ-e maslehat-âmiz beh az râst-e fetne-angiz)

  1. An expediential lie is better than a truth that causes trouble