The eyes are not proud of their sight but of their eyeglasses.

aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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The waterfall sings, "I find my song, when I find my freedom."

aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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God grows weary of great kingdoms, but never of little flowers.

aphorism by Rabindranath Tagore from Stray Birds (1916), translated by Rabindranath Tagore
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I shall die again and again to know that life is inexhaustible.

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The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

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God is ashamed when the prosperous boasts of His special favour.

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I carry in my world that flourishes the worlds that have failed.

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Let me not put myself wrongly to my world and set it against me.

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Night's darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn.

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God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.

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