“High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.”
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“I do repent of wine and talk of wine,
Of idols fair with charms like silver fine:
A lip-repentance and a lustful heart—
O God, forgive this penitence of mine!”
— Asjadi
A Literary History of Persia, Vol. 2, p. 123 https://archive.org/details/a-literary-history-of-persia-vol-2-1964 <br class="br">Poetry
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