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67 – al-Thaqafī recited to me:
A man’s forbearance is not perfected in times of calm
if, when anger flares, he cannot still be forbearing;
nor is a man’s generosity perfected while wealth surrounds him
if, when hardship strikes, he will not bear its burden.
٦٧ - وَأَنْشَدَنِي الثَّقَفِيُّ:
وَلَيْسَ يَتِمُّ الْحِلْمُ لِلْمَرْءِ رَاضِيًا ... إِذَا هُوَ عِنْدَ السُّخْطِ لَمْ يَتَحَلَّمِ
كَمَا لَا يَتِمُّ الْجُودُ لِلْمَرْءِ مُثْرِيًا ... إِذَا هُوَ لَاقَى الْعُسْرَ لَمْ يَتَجَشَّمِ