Hyacinths for the Soul

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A Persian poet named Saadi from the 1200’s said it best:

If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft,
  And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left,
    Sell one, and with the dole
      Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

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