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The Manners of Kings The following inscription was upon the portico of the hall of Feridûn:

O brother! the world remains with no one; Bind the heart to the Creator, it is enough. Rely not upon possessions and this world, Because it has cherished many like thee and slain them. When the pure soul is about to depart, What boots it if one dies on a throne or on the ground?