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The Persians
«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.»
Author: Rumer Godden
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Books
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carpet, carpets, Persian, Persians, stitch, stitching, The Persians
«Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.»
«MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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joined, Persian, Persians, The Persians, warfare
«If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.»
«The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.»
«The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior Mithra, who, as an incarnation of eternal light, was born the night of the winter solstice (then dated Decembe»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
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Christianity
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assign, date, dated, December, incarnation, Mithra, Nativity, Nativity of Christ, Persian, Persians, savior, solstice, the Incarnation, The Night of the, The Persians, winter solstice