Kabir:

Nindak niyare rakhiye aangan kuti chhawaye; Bin sabun pani bina nirmal karat subhaye. (Keep your critics close, even making a place for them in your courtyard. Without water or soap they clean up your blemishes.)

— Kabir Medieval

Indian mystic poet

Context

Poetry/Doha

Date / Period

15th Century

Source

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