Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 19 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Virtue and Self-Mastery

الإعجابُ يمنعُ الازدياد.

Self-admiration prevents progress.

No. 19

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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