THE KURAL
76. They are fools who say that love is for the righteous alone: for even against the evil-minded love is the only ally for a man.
77. Behold how the sun burneth the boneless worm : even so doth Righteousness burn the man that doth not love.
78. Behold the man that loveth not : he will know prosperity only when the sapless tree of the desert putteth forth leaves.
79. Of what avail is a lovely outside, if love, the soul's ornament, hath no place in the heart ?
80. The seat of life is in Love: who hath it not is only a mass of skin-encased bone.
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