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And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

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
Lute
Soothes
Knives
Wood
Woods
Spirit
Thinking
Hollowed

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