If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourse…

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If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself. ✨ Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance. Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.
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If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself. ✨ Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance. Book by Rumi, translated by Camille Adams Helminsk and Kabir Helminski, 1990.

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