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If poverty were a man, I would have slain him. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked. ↗

— Taliesin

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She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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