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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Heart
Silent
Flute
Work
Whose
Flutes
Would
Stupid
Reed
Hours
Unison
Turns
Reeds
Else
Sings
Together
Whispering
Music
Dumb

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