Ferdowsi Quotes

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Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why
Should wise men grieve to know that they must die?

Ferdowsi

I shall not die, these seeds I've sown will save
My name and reputation from the grave,
And men of sense and wisdom will proclaim,
When I have gone, my praises and my fame.

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But all this world is like a tale we hear - Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.

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And while one is brought up with luxury and caresses, and is thrown bewildered and despairing into a dark pit, another is lifted from the pit and raised to a throne where a jeweled crown is placed on his head. The world has no shame in doing this; it is prompt to hand out both pleasure and pain and has no need of us an our doings.

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From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till the break of day.

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I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise.

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Ferdowsi

Born: 940

Died: 1020 (aged 80)

Bio: Abu ʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Iran and the Greater Iran.

Known for:

The epic of kings
The legend of Seyavash
Das Königsbuch
Şerîfî Şehnâme çevirisi

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