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The Masnavi
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass (52-61)
He impudently preaches to others to walk aright, Thus, though his preaching is very eloquent, The fox said, "In my pure wine there are no dregs; All this is only baseless suspicion, O simple one, You repudiate me on account of your own bad fancies; Why do you thus suspect your true friends? Think well of the 'Brothers of purity,' Even though they show harshness toward you; For when evil suspicion takes hold of you, If a tender friend treats you roughly to try you,
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXX (6)
"Rueful to thee the thirst be wherewith cracks Thy tongue," the Greek said, "and the putrid water That hedges so thy paunch before thine eyes." Then...