Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 37 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Knowledge and Speech

تكلّموا تُعرفوا، فإنَّ المرءَ مخبوءٌ تحتَ لسانه.

Speak so that people know who you really are.
People are hidden beneath their tongues.

No. 37

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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