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You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet you may even throw me into a dark prison but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!

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
Thinking
Darkness
Feet
Shackle
Shall
Enslave
Dark
Shackles
Free
Chain
Hands
Chains
May
Throw
Even
Prison

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