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I am bored with gabbers and their gab my soul abhors them. . . . Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth one who does not worship himself talking?

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
Empty
Talk
Talking
Abhors
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Doe
Boredom
Earth
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