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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Keep
Slanderer
Body
Babbling
Soul
Treat
Affection
Treats
Clean
Honor
Away
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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