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LXIII

To humankind, O Brother, consecrate
Thy heart, and shun the hundred Sects that prate
About the things they little know about—
Let all receive thy pity, none thy hate.

LXIV

 
The tavern and the temple also shun,
For sheikh and libertine in sooth are one;
And when the pious knave begins to pule,
The knave in purple breaks his vow anon.

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