"This too shall pass '' (Persian: Persian: این نیز بگذرد ‎ ‎, īn nīz bogzarad) is originally a Persian adage reflecting on the evanescence, or ephemerality, of the human condition. The phrase seems to have originated in the writings of the medieval Persian Sufi poets, and is often attached to a fable of a great king who is humbled by the simple words. The general sentiment is often expressed in wisdom literature throughout history and across cultures. It also appears in a collection of tales by the English poet Edward Fitzgerald in the early 19th century. It was also notably employed in a speech by Abraham Lincoln before he became the sixteenth President of the United States. Fitzgerald 's usage of the phrase is in the context of a retelling of a Persian fable. Some versions of the fable, beginning with that of Attar of Nishapur, add the detail that the phrase is inscribed on a ring, which has the ability to make the happy man sad and the sad man happy.
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originally a Persian adage reflecting on the evanescence, or ephemerality, of the human condition