Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 29 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Virtue and Self-Mastery

إن لم تكن حليمًا فتحلّم، فإنّهُ قلَّ من تشبّهَ بقومٍ إلّا أوشكَ أن يكونَ منهم.

If you’re not even-tempered, pretend to be. Imitate a people long enough and you’ll end up one of them.

No. 29

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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