FridayNov 22, 2024
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A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books.- Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
That which is not allotted - the hand cannot reach, And what is allotted - will find you wherever you may be.
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad Bows their heads down to the earth.
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds Another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown.
The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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