Her wistful face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The fountain of death makes the still water of life play.

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The cobweb pretends to catch dew-drops and catches flies.

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Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose.

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Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

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What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

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The dust receives insult and in return offers her flowers.

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Do not seat your love upon a precipice because it is high.

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By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.

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God's right hand is gentle, but terrible is his left hand.

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