Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
("The Prophet")
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In battling evil, excess is good for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
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