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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
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