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Quote by Kahlil Gibran
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones in

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. – Kahlil Gibran

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That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man. – Kahlil Gibran

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. – Kahlil Gibran

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