“The muddy, impure world, so undiscriminating,
Seeks always to hide beauty, out of jealousy.”

—  Qu Yuan

Source: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 107

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世溷浊而不分兮,好蔽美而嫉妒。

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