كن سمحًا ولا تكن مبذّرًا، وكن مقدّرًا ولا تكن مقتّرا.
Be generous but not extravagant. Be thrifty but not miserly.
كن سمحًا ولا تكن مبذّرًا، وكن مقدّرًا ولا تكن مقتّرا.
Be generous but not extravagant. Be thrifty but not miserly.
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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