From The Prophet
From The Prophet.
Lebanese–American · English
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Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
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Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
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Creator: Kahlil Gibran
Nationality / cultural background: Lebanese–American
Work / edition: 1923
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In the source: Almustafa, the chosen and the; paragraph 268 in the selected body section
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