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Khalil Gibran

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Khalil Gibran

Teacher

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The author is saying that sometimes we learn important lessons by observing the opposite behavior in others, such as gaining patience from those who are impatient or learning to be quiet from those who talk too much. Despite these valuable lessons, he admits feeling ungrateful toward those who taught him indirectly through their negative actions.

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