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A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.

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
Faces
Hidden
Announce
Pain
Add
Symmetry
Beautiful
Stress
Adds
Doe
Tragedy
Mysteries
Look
Mystery
Reveals
Matter
Silence
Inward
Looks
Beauty
Regardless
Much
Face
Features
Bespeaks

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