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Rumi.

“The lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.”

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207–1273), known as Rumi, was a Persian Sufi mystic and poet whose family came from Balkh. He founded the Mevlevi Order. His long poem, the Masnavi, is one of the great works of Persian literature, and his translated poems are read all over the world.

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1207 – 1273
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