Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 48 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Justice and Power

احذروا صولةَ الكريمِ إذا جاعَ واللئيمِ إذا شبع.

Beware the generous person when they are hungry, and the base person when they are sated.

No. 48

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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