Through love bitter things seem sweet, Through love bits of copper are made gold. Through love dregs taste like pure wine, Through love pains are as healing balms. Through love thorns become roses, And through love vinegar becomes sweet wine.

Rumi Masnavi i Ma'navi, 1887

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Rumi 1207–1273 · Persian poet and Sufi mystic; author of the Masnavi. Wikipedia

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