“Discoursing all the time with all,
yet acting far beyond all.”
Ghalib (1797–1869) Urdu-Persian poet
Selections from the Persian Ghazals of Ghalib, p. 8
Poetry, Persian Couplets
“Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.”
— Amin Maalouf, book Leo Africanus
Source: Leo Africanus
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