An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran: Lebanese-American poet and author of The Prophet, 1883 to 1931.
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran · The source reads: “And stand together yet not too near together: / For the pillars of the temple stand apart,” · From "On Marriage" in The Prophet, the lines read at countless weddings, which go on to say the oak and the cypress do not grow in each other's shadow.
Kahlil Gibran · The opening of "On Love" in The Prophet, Almustafa's answer when Almitra asks him to speak of love.
Kahlil Gibran · The source reads: “And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” · From The Prophet, the elders of Orphalese to the prophet as his ship comes to take him home.
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