Quote #5
If poverty was a man, I would have slain him.
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- You (humans) think that you are insignificant, while there is a great universe contained in you.
- A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
- Do not feel ashamed to forgive and forget. Do not hurry over punishments and do not be pleased and do not be proud of your power to punish.…
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- A man's measure is his will.
- He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
- There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.