Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me?
("The Prophet")
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But to whom life is a rock, and the law a chisel with which they would carve it in their own likeness?
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Build of your imaginings a bower in the wilderness ere you build a house within the city walls.
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They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
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Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
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