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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
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
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Kahlil Gibran
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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