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Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.

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
Answer
Remembrance
Dying
Grieving
Withers
Answers
Seed
Perishes
Body
Sympathy
Condolences
Soul
Seeds
Bereavement
Heart
Grief
Mourning
Like
Remains
Memorial
Flower
Mourn

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