Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 42 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Knowledge and Speech

لا غنى كالعقلِ، ولا فقرَ كالجهلِ، ولا ميراثَ كالأدبِ، ولا ظهيرَ كالمشاورة.

There is no wealth like wisdom, no poverty like ignorance, no inheritance like manners, no support like counsel.

No. 42

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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