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"'Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly."

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About Rumi

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Sufi poet and scholar, widely known for works such as the Masnavi and the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. His poetry has had lasting influence across Persian literature and global spiritual writing.

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