Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.
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