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Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets, the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?

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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Inspires
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Sea
Moon
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Terrible
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