see also POETS

• better to stuff belly with pus than brain with poetry,

  Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
  We were going with Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him). As we reached the place (known as) Arj there met (us) a poet who had been reciting a poem. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Catch the satan or detain the satan, for filling the belly of a person with pus is better than stuffing his brain with poetry. (Sahih Muslim 27.5611)

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