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21 " An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. "
― Kahlil Gibran , Sand and Foam
22 " Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. "
23 " You are blind and I am deaf and dumb, so let us touch hands and understand. "
24 " They dip their pens in our hearts and think they are inspired. "
25 " You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept. "
26 " When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. "
27 " Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death. "
28 " Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain. "
29 " I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us. "
30 " I am forever walking upon these shores,Betwixt the sand and the foam,The high tide will erase my foot prints,And the wind will blow away the foam,But the sea and the shore will remain forever. "
31 " A bigot is a stone-deaf orator. "
32 " Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you. "
33 " على هذه الشطآن أسعى إلى الأبدبين الرمل مسعاى و بين الزَبَدسوف يطغى المدّ على آثار قدمى فيمحو ما وجدو تطوّح الريح بعيداً بعيداً بالزَبَدأما البحر و أما الشاطئ ، فباقيان إلى الأبد "
34 " Oftentimes I have hated in self-defense; but if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. "
35 " If it were not for our conception of weights and measures we would stand in awe of the firefly as we do before the sun. "
36 " A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it.". "
37 " أعطني أذناً أعطك صوتاً "
38 " إذا أبصرتَ رجلاً يقاد الى السجن فناجِ نفسك لعله قد خلص من سجن اكثر ضيقا , وإذا أبصرت رجلاً مخمورا فقل في نفسك عساه يرى النجاة بها من حال أشد قُبحاً "
39 " ما اهونني حين تهبني الحياة ذهبا وأهبك فضة، ثم أعد نفسي كريما "
40 " ليست حقيقة الانسان بما يظهره لك , بل بما لا يستطيع أن يظهره لك , لذلك اذا أردت أن تعرفه فلا تصغ الى ما يقوله بل الى ما لايقوله "