Showing off the talents on the outside suddenly is who envied, while not meets the talents can bring luck.
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波斯文明在智力和艺术方面一直是令人赞羡的。但自从十三世纪遭受蒙古入侵后便一蹶不振了。
Persian civilization remained both intellectually and artistically admirable until the invasion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century, from which it never recovered.