[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 71.1 # سندبادنامه 71.1 English (machine translation) 71.1 - **Language:** English ### [71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.71.1) Speech is the best keepsake that remains of us, / for we are passers-by and it endures. Because words of wisdom and admonitory sayings are never wiped from the leaves of volumes and pages of scrolls, nor are they obliterated; they are continually transmitted from time to time and from place to place. Do you not see that Plato, Aristotle, Alexander, and Socrates have departed to the realm of nonexistence, while their renown has remained in the realm of existence? And likewise the kings of Ghassān, the house of Sāmān, and the house of Sāsān have taken up residence in the realm of annihilation, yet their names have remained forever: - [Previous: 70.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.70.8) - [Next: 72.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.72.1) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.71) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.71.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.71.1) · Pramāṇa