Source: Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
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“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.”
Source: Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
Source: Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets
“When men shake hands with time, time crushes Them like tumblers; little pieces of glass.”
Source: Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets