Flattery and hypocrisy

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The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel:

eat less of it, for it is full of fire.

Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest,

but its smoke becomes visible in the end.

 

- Rumi

 

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Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

" Rumi: Daylight "

Threshold Books, 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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