A chicken could not lay an egg unless she had a shell, and a... - Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)

"A chicken could not lay an egg unless she had a shell, and a pearl could not be born."

Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi) Truth

Sufi Poet, Mystic Persian 1207–1273

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