GOOD EGG
English book, PDF p. 63
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Good Egg ~ 63 ~ GOOD EGG Look at an egg from the outside. It appears to be wholesome and good. This may be so, but it is not until we break the shell that we find out whether it is really good or bad. The same is true of many human beings today. It is not until their outer shell is pierced that we come to know the truth about them, Their bodies swaddled in elegant clothes, their ideas couched in eloquent words, they strike us as being fine creatures indeed. But under the finest veneer there can lurk an ugly, repulsive character. It is not until one gets close and has dealings with such a person that one discovers—particularly when there is a clash of interest—how uninspiring is the reality. Behind the gentlemanly facade lies a bundle of selfishness, cheapness, affectation, pride, prejudice, exploitativeness and arrogance. Challenge such a person’s interests, and we see him in his true colours. No good egg he! In the vast morass of conflict which exists in the world today, it often seems that it is the hypocrite

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