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Khalil Gibran

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

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The author criticizes people who confuse talking a lot with truly understanding something, believe that being quiet means they don’t know anything, and think that simply showing love is the same as creating meaningful art. He distances himself from these mistaken ideas because they misunderstand what real knowledge and creativity involve.

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