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I wonder at him who shows haughtiness and vainglory, while he was as a sperm yesterday and will be a carrion tomorrow.
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Bal?ghat al-Im?m Zayn al-‘?bid?n, p.27 ; Mirza Muhammad Taqi Lisan al-Mulk Sipihr, N?sikh al-Taw?rikh, vol.1, p.484

 

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