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What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
Hafez
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Hafez
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Shiraz city
Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī
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Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
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Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad
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Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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