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Kahlil Gibran4 quotes
An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. — Kahlil Gibran · 1926Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. — Kahlil Gibran · 1926And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. — Kahlil Gibran · 1923You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. — Kahlil Gibran · 1923Nassim Nicholas Taleb2 quotes
Our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according to our current knowledge)-and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2007The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2001