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SANAI

تو چو من عاجزی و مجبوری، وز بزرگی و برتری دوری

To cho man âjez-i o majbur-i, vaz bozorgi o bartari duri

You, like me, are powerless and constrained, and are far from true greatness and superiority.

Sanai · Hadiqat al-Haqiqah

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علم بی‌حلم خاک کوی بود، علم با حلم آب روی بود

Knowledge without forbearance is worthless as the dust of the street; knowledge joined with forbearance is as precious as one's honor.

هرکرا علم نیست گمراهست، دست او زان سرای کوتاهست

Whoever lacks knowledge is lost; his hand falls short of reaching that higher abode.

مرد را علم ره دهد به نعیم، مرد را جهل در برد به جحیم

Knowledge guides a man to paradise; ignorance drags a man into hellfire.

Theme: humility

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