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Quote by Uthman ibn Affan

“It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.”

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Uthman ibn Affan (d. 656 AD) was a prominent figure in Islamic history, serving as the fourth Caliph after the Prophet Muhammad. Known for his justice, wisdom, and generosity, he played a crucial role in consolidating the Islamic rule and expanding the Arab Empire. He is also recognized as one of the founders of the Islamic financial system. more

“The ethical practices of lawyers are probably no worse than those of other professions. Lawyers bring some of the trouble on by claiming in a sanctimonious way that they are interested only in justice, not power or wealth. They also suffer guilt by association. Their clients are often people in trouble. Saints need no lawyers: gangsters do.”

People Way Needs Suffering Wealth Justice Practice Trouble Guilt Saint Profession Lawyer Ethical Association Clients Gangsters Sanctimonious

Author:Lawrence M. Friedman

“It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. One of my troubles is, I never care too much when I lose something - it used to drive mother crazy when I was a kid. Some guys spend days looking for something they've lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much. Maybe that's why I'm partly yellow. It's no excuse, though. It really isn't. What you should be is not yellow at all.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Giving Should Seems Care Kids Used Mother Guy Lost Fun Loses Too Much Trouble Crazy Type Excuse Damn Yellow Gloves No Excuses Caring Too Much

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“The law... dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this.”

Ifs Humans Country Law Courses Contrary Obligation Superiors All Time Globes Laws Of Nature Natural Law Binding Validity

Book:The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc

Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc

“Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.”

People World Has Beens Intention Ruins Good Intentions

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“He who stands most remote from his age is he who mirrors it best.”

Age Mirrors

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.”

Made Stones Pens Offensive Paving

Book:Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis

Source: Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis