Great Throughts Treasury
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Al-Jāḥiẓ, full name Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī NULL
Islamic Philosopher and Writer of Mu'tazili Theology, and Politico-Religious Polemics
"The reward of work is to come, whereas the endurance of the labor is immediate."
"Man indeed hates the one whom he knows, turns against the one whom he sees, opposes the one whom he resembles, and becomes observant of the faults of those with whom he mingles; the greater the love and intimacy, the greater the hatred and estrangement."
"A little that makes for concord is better than a great deal that makes for division."