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A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. a lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.
-Rumi
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A Servant Wants To Be Rewarded For

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A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. a lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.
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