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To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood.
Ameen Rihani
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"To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood."
— Ameen Rihani

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To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood. — Ameen Rihani

About Ameen Rihani

Ameen Rihani was a Writer from Ottoman Syria (1876–1940).

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Who said "To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our s…"?
This quote is attributed to Ameen Rihani, a Writer from Ottoman Syria.
When did Ameen Rihani live?
Ameen Rihani lived from 1876 – 1940.