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“First winter rain, the world and I are young.
“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than to make men understand.
“To him it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.
“I will not be the tributary of any foreign power.
“I write for the whole world.
“Leisure is the mother of philosophy.
“This world is an illusion. Only the Lord is real.
“Let the unworthy bark, the lion does not heed the noise of dogs.
“For what is strength without a double share of wisdom?
“To man it is granted to have whatever he chooses.
“The love of one's country is an unutterable thing.
“Let the equality be established: men and women are two parts of one perfect whole.
“My tears are the Tigris and Euphrates, flowing for the lost beloved.
“Love is the sea where intellect drowns.
“Experience is the only true teacher.
“My heart burns with love, yet my lips are sealed by custom and fear.
“The right of nature is the liberty each man hath to use his own power for preservation.
“All their women from childhood are accustomed to spinning cotton and weaving cloth.
“Men who have a great design in their heads are always impatient.
“Error is not a crime; the crime is to persist in error after it has been shown.