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He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#foreigner #his #like #man #own

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#hearts #like #love #people #selves

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

#afterwards #better #help #seeking #sins

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

#again #fishing #friend #good #good friend

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

#gigantic #like #ones #precedes #proportion

Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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