عالم باشی یا نادان

Question

جمله کامل اینه: عالم باشی یا نادان، خاموشی را برگزین تا بردبار به شمار آیی. خاموشی نزد دانایان زینت، و نزد نادانان پوشش است.

Answer 1

Sage (wise) or fool, pick the silence to be considered or counted patient. Silence is seen as an ornament by the sage and a coverlet or cover by the fool. 

Answer 2

Being learned / scholar / highbrow / sage or fool / insane , choose silence so that you would be looked at as patient , as silence is an ornament to the learned (persons) and a covering / cover / mantle to the fools.