قل الحقَّ ولو على نفسك، واجتنب الكذبَ ولو نفعك.
Speak the truth even when it implicates you. Avoid lying even when it benefits you.
قل الحقَّ ولو على نفسك، واجتنب الكذبَ ولو نفعك.
Speak the truth even when it implicates you. Avoid lying even when it benefits you.
These quotes come from Alone with the Alone, a 264-page bilingual hardcover of 113 quotes from Ali Ibn Abi Talib, with footnotes and an afterword.
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