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I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.

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
Wholly
Contradiction
Lying
Truth
Seems
Matter
Self
Never
Agreed

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