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At forty, they are sent to the Home of the Useless, where the Old Ones live. The Old Ones do not work, for the State takes care of them. They sit in the sun in summer and they sit by the fire in winter.
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Jonathan A.C. Brown
“Interestingly, the Mawlid (Birthday) of the Prophet probably originated from earlier Shiite celebrations of Ali’s birthday. In 1123 CE, the Shiite Fatimid dynasty in Egypt began holding public celebrations of Muhammad’s birthday in which sweets and charity were dispensed to the public,”
Jonathan A.C. Brown, Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction

مصطفى أمين
“كل رؤساء الجمهورية في البلاد العربية سيجدد إنتخابهم وإذا انتهت مدتهم فستعدل الدساتير، ليُنتخبوا مدى الحياة”
مصطفى أمين, سنة رابعة سجن

ويليام شكسبير
“لا نستطيع جميعنا أن نكون سادة ولا طاقة لجميع السادة أن يجدوا خدمًا أمناء. إنك لتلفي٣ بين أولئك الخدم غير واحد من البُلْه الخانعين ذوي الركب اللينة يعجبهم رقهم الثقيل فيفنون أعمارهم على شاكلة الحمير التي تُرهق بالأحمال حتى إذا بلغوا من السن عتِيًا طُردوا بضرب السياط طرد المجرمين. غير أنه يوجد أيضًا بين الخدم أناس غير أولئك يظهرون بكل مظاهر الطاعة ويستعيرون كل أشكال الرعاية لكنهم يصونون ضمائرهم لخدمة أنفسهم، ومع ما يبدونه من الامتثال لولاتهم يوجهون مساعيهم لقضاء مآربهم حتى إذا وشَّوا ملابسهم بالذهب حبسوا تكرماتهم على ما اكتسبوه من رفعة القدر. أمثال هؤلاء لهم بعض النفوس”
ويليام شكسبير, عطيل‬

Olga Tokarczuk
“men needed women more than women needed men. In fact, thought Karen, women could get along perfectly fine without men altogether. They tolerated solitude well, took care of their health and cultivated friendships, lasted longer—”
Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

Jonathan A.C. Brown
“Ibn Hisham (d. 833), the Egyptian scholar whose edition of the Prophet’s biography is most famous, concluded that Muhammad married thirteen women in all, consummated his marriage with eleven of them (two he divorced before consummation), and was married to at most nine at one time. He also had two concubines.”
Jonathan A.C. Brown, Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction

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