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None see nor hear the malice of the sky
Each ear is deaf and blind is every eye
Oft those who moon and sun their pillow thought
Have later bricks and clay too gladly sought.

— Hafez A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

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Wash from the dross of life thy hands as the Path’s men of old
And, winning love’s alchemic power, transmute thyself to gold.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round,
That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.

What necessity for a sword to slay the lover, when a glance can deprive him of half his life!

Thy curl is ever drawing the heart silently
Who hath power to speak (quarrel) with Thy heart-vanishing curl.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

What holds in peace this two-fold world, let this two-fold sentence show
Amity to every friend, courtesy to every foe.

A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (1911)

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