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A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
Khalil Gibran
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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
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The Spring
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When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
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Disagreement may be the shortest cut between two minds.
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The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.
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The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor.
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Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that 'yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
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Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence?
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The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other.
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The ageless melody, unheard, heals the healing vision, unseen, leads the true leaders, immortal, know...
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And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality
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