"I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does—he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise."
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Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi (c. 940 –1020) was a Persian author at the turn of the 1st millennium.
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