Quoted From Persian Literature
A thirteenth-century Persian-Tajik poet, Ibn Yamin (ابن یمین فریومدی), said there are four types of men:
- One who knows and knows that he knows... His horse of wisdom will reach the skies.
- One who knows, but doesn't know that he knows... He is fast asleep, so you should wake him up!
- One who doesn't know, but knows that he doesn't know... His limping mule will eventually get him home.
- One who doesn't know and doesn't know that he doesn't know... He will be eternally lost in his hopeless oblivion!
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