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Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.

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
Silence
Wolf
Cities
Reaches
Beauty
Crowded
Enjoy
Rush
Huddle
Nature
Dread
Bids
Like
Sheep
Ferocious
Welcome
Welcoming
Arms
Fleeing

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