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“Some people are like an open grave: You give it the thing you love most And then get nothing in return.”

Love Indifference Unrequited Love

Book:Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.”

Goodness Charity Hypocrisy Artifice

Book:Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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“Hold tight to what is most yourself, Don't squander it, don't let your life Be governed by what disturbs you.”

Self Self Esteem Selfhood

Book:Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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“When men shake hands with time, time crushes Them like tumblers; little pieces of glass.”

Death Time Mortality Dissolution

Book:Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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