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مگو آن سخن کاندرو سود نیست / کزان آتشت بهره جز دود نیست

Magu ân sokhan k-andarou sud nist, k-azân âtashat bahre joz dud nist

Speak not the word that carries no benefit, for from that fire your only share is smoke.

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توانا بود هر که دانا بود، ز دانش دل پیر برنا بود

Powerful is whoever has knowledge; through knowledge even an old heart grows young.

خرد بهتر از هر چه ایزد بداد، ستایش خرد را به از راه داد

Wisdom is better than anything else God has given; to praise wisdom is itself the way of justice.

خرد رهنمای و خرد دلگشای، خرد دست گیرد به هر دو سرای

Wisdom is a guide, and wisdom opens the heart; wisdom takes you by the hand in both worlds.

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