How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
IMAM ALIHe who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
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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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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
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Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
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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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Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
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Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
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Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
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Silence is the garden of thought.
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Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
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The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
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Silence is the best reply to a fool.
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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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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 to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
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Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted.
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There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
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One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
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Loving one another is half of wisdom.
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The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.
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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
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