“among the Arabs a gifted poet was like a multitude of men, for his verses were repeated from mouth to mouth. If good, he was a power for good; if evil, a power for evil,”
― MUHAMMAD: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
― MUHAMMAD: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable”
― The Wealth of Nations
― The Wealth of Nations
“its been my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues.”
― With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
― With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln
“one of the puzzles of urbanization is the increased willingness of people to pay very high rents to live next door to other people paying very high rents (Glaeser 2011).”
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
― Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
“the Prophet spoke of the pleasures of the senses and of prayer in the same context: "It hath been given me to love perfume and women, and coolness hath been brought to mine eyes in the prayer." 2”
― MUHAMMAD: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
― MUHAMMAD: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
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