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Not who you're looking for? Others named Ferdowsi: Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
“In the name of God, who gives life and mind to humans. Human thoughts cannot go higher than Him or fully understand Him.”
“Wisdom is the best gift God gave to humans. The best thing to do is to praise wisdom — this is right and fair.”
“Now there was fought a battle such as men have not seen the like. And the earth was covered with steel, and arrows fell from the clouds like hail, and the ground was torn with hoofs, and blood flowed like water upon the plains. And the dead lay around in masses, and the feet of the horses could not stir because of them.”
“O my son, thy lips still smell of milk, and thy heart should go out to pleasure. But the days are grave, and Iran looketh unto thee in its danger.”
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