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Than Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more…
- Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
- A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
- Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
- I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
- Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I…
- The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
- 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…
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