Quotes About Persian

Une légende court les livres. Elle parle de trois amis, trois persans qui ont marqué, chacun à sa façon, les débuts de notre millénaire : Omar Khayyam qui a observé le monde, Nizam-El Mok qui l'a gouverné, Hassan Sabbah qui l'a terrorisé.

Esfahan, nesf-é jahan! is what the Persians of today say. 'Isfahan, half of the world!

Je ne manquai pas de rappeler que notre "paradis" avait pour origine un vieux mot persan, "paradaeza", qui veut dire "jardin

Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.

We know it is similar to the Persian sorcerer I met in the Sandbox," Olaf said. "I know it would be weird, and too coincidental for real life, but could it be the same sorcerer with a slightly different spell, or whatever?" I asked. "Not possible," Olaf said. "Why not?" I asked. "The sorcerer was not bulletproof." "So he's dead," I said. Olaf nodded.

Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours is the zest of the alley cat

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.

After one raid set London's Natural History Museum on fire, water from firemen's hoses caused seeds in its collection to germinate, among them those from an ancient Persian silk tree, or mimosa—Albizia julibrissin. The seeds were said to be 147 years old.

I drink not from mere joy in wine nor to scoff at faith—no, only to forget myself for a moment, that only do I want of intoxication, that alone. —OMAR KHAYYAM

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire - this time under the Shia label.

I've got 50,000 Facebook fans inside of Iran, and Facebook is banned in Iran. I think the people who follow 'Humans of New York' the most after New York City is Tehran. I have a really special affection for the Persian people because they've really taken to my work.

Georg Grotefend began systematically translating the trilingual Persian inscription of Darius the Great on the Behistun Rock, which included a version in Babylonian cuneiform.

The founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, possessed a remarkably cosmopolitan vision. Rather than annihilate or enslave his opponents, Cyrus envisioned a multinational empire where foreign cultures were to be respected and preserved, albeit under Persian supervision. This

The most important personage who came to light was Oxyathres, a younger brother of Darius, to whom Oxyathres had been devoted.

The 'Persian Wars', as the two campaigns of 490 BCE and 480–479 BCE have been known ever since, were over.

The new Great King was Artaxerxes II. But his claim was contested by his brother Cyrus

224 CE, a new Persian dynasty, the Sassanids, came to power.

not even this was enough to prevent a Persian expeditionary force from fighting its way through Anatolia towards the capital in 615.

Heraclius made a humiliating offer of peace. If it had been accepted, it would have turned the Roman state into a Persian vassal.

Philip was ideally suited to lead the expedition against the Persian 'barbarians'.

The satraps, in turn, were content to allow the Greek city-states to manage their internal affairs

More Greeks actually fought on the Persian side against him than under his banner.

if the Persian fleet was left intact to sail round and take the infantrymen from the rear.

Finally a soldier marched in and, holding his right hand to his chest, said, " Salaam aleikum. Chetor hastid? Jan-e-shoma jur ast? Khub hastid? Sahat-e-shoma khub ast? Be khair hastid? Jur hastid? Khane kheirat ast? Zinde bashi. " Which in Dari, the Afghan dialect of Persian, means, "Peace be with you. How are you? Is your soul healthy? Are you well? Are you well? Are you healthy? Are you fine? Is your household flourishing? Long life to you." Or: "Hello.