Jami: Man

Jami was Persian poet. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“Happy is the man who knows the true from the false, and refuses to accept less.”

An argosy of fables, p. 243
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami

“The wise man refuses to be led beyond his own depth.”

An argosy of fables, p. 242
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami

“Were Women all like those whom here I name,
Woman to man I surely would prefer;
The Sun is feminine, nor deems it shame;
The Moon, though masculine, depends on her.”

Alluding to Rabia of Basra, Nafahat al-Uns, as quoted in A Literary History of Persia https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Literary_History_of_Persia/q_n1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA299 by E. G. Browne, p. 299.