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Al-Maʿarri

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Quotes by Al-Maʿarri

Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity]. For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
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Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity]. For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
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#equality #wise #morning
Reason forbade me many things which,
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Reason forbade me many things which,
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#loss #knowing #believe
They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them!
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They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them!
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#book #fiction #religious
Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray
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Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray
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#christian #school #religious
They all err - Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians. There are two kinds of humans - the intelligent, who have no religion, and the religious, who have no intellect.
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They all err - Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians. There are two kinds of humans - the intelligent, who have no religion, and the religious, who have no intellect.
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#christian #religious #atheist
A little doubt is better than total credulity.
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A little doubt is better than total credulity.
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#doubt #credulity #littles
The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
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The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
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#intelligent #religious #atheist
O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold
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O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold
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#men #dust #law
The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains.
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The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: those with brains, but no religion, and those with religion, but no brains.
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#humor #humans #earth #intelligence #world #atheism #brains