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For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.

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
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Bake
Men
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Indifference
Bitter
Bread
Hunger
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