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You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men may wake and gaze upon themselves.

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
Cannot
Wake
May
Guilt
Unbidden
Heart
Innocent
Remorse
Men
Shame
Gaze
Shall
Lift
Call
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Upon
Lays
Night
Guilty

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