What Do sad people have in Common? It seems They have all built a shrine To the past And often go there And do a strange wail and Worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being So religious Like That.
Persian poet
From a ghazal, a blunt and unconventional psychological observation on sadness and a path to happiness.
c. 1325-1390 CE
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