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"The Prophet's words were true; The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom." When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: "And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible." - The Wisdom of Ali [Wisdom] Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return. - To My Daughter [Learning] Mysterious Flood,--that through the silent sands Hast wandered, century on century, Watering the length of great Egyptian lands, Which were not, but for thee. - To the Nile [Nile River] And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. - Wind and the Sea [Pain] There's a pang in all rejoicing, And a joy in the heart of pain; And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. - Wind and the Sea [Pain] Displaying page 4 of 4 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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