It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
IMAM ALIWealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
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A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
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He lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.
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There is no nobility with bad manners.
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Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
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Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.
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The best revenge is to improve yourself.
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Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become.
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Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
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Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.
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I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.
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Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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