Tao Te Ching

“And for the sake of an unworthy throne
You let the devil claim you for his own.”

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