I asked one of the people of Baghdad what he thought of beardless youths. He replied: ‘There is no good in them for when one of them is yet delicate and wanted he is insolent; but when he becomes rough and is not wanted he is affable.’
When a beardless youth is beautiful and sweet His speech is bitter, his temper hasty. When his beard grows and he attains puberty He associates with men and seeks affection.
