If Thou shouldest allot me public honour, 'twould be as painful as a burdensome jewel on my head. Where there is no inward change, says Tuka, there is nothing but fraud on either side.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2515
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents