Tao Te Ching

“But all this world is like a tale we hear;
Men's evil, and their glory, disappear.”

— Ferdowsi فردوسی 940 – 1020 CE
(Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi)
"undisputed giant of Persian literature"
from Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (977–1010 CE)