The Moth & The Flame (13th Century)

The moth that only looks at the flame knows little.

The moth that enters the flame knows the truth.

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥam mad Rūmī (1207 – 1273). Reynold A. Nicholson’s translation from The Mathnawi (1258 and 1273 CE) / Persia (cultural Asia).