<P> `` 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . </P>
where does the saying this too shall pass
where does the saying this too shall pass
originally a Persian adage reflecting on the evanescence , or ephemerality , of the human condition
originally a Persian adage reflecting on the evanescence , or ephemerality , of the human condition