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Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.

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
Retreat
Nobler
Butterfly
Tunnel
Obstacles
Tunnels
Dark
Lamp
Dies
Lamps
Hovers
Lives
Admirable
Mole
Around
Tranquility
Moles
Life
Hardship
Hardships

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