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Number 19

Khorasani style

English

Many a person is the companion of fine bread and roast lamb, yet many a one is never satisfied, though he owns a whole kingdom.

Explanation: The couplet contrasts those content with simple food against those whose greed cannot be filled even by ruling a kingdom.

Original · Persian

بسا کسا که ندیم حریره و بره است و بس کس است که سیری نیابد از ملکی