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Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese poet, philosopher, and artist
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Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth one who does not worship himself talking?
—Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese poet, philosopher, and artist, Thoughts and Meditations, 1960

Posted on December 13, 2000 at 4:52 PM

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An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
—Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese poet, philosopher, and artist, Sand and Foam, 1926

Posted on March 14, 1999 at 10:48 PM

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