Rumi Quotes

If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.

Rumi

• Wine
• Arrogance
• Hidden
• Appear
• Drinker

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• If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.

  

  Rumi
  • Wine
  • Arrogance
  • Hidden