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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

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
Mark
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Infinite
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Path
Arrows
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Prophet
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