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96 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to me, from a man of Banū Tamīm, who said: Al-Aʿmash once said to someone, “You fool! Do you see this belly? If you put it down, it will raise you up; but if you raise it up, it will put you down.”
٩٦ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ لِرَجُلٍ: «يَا أَحْمَقُ، تَرَى هَذَا الْبَطْنَ؟ إِنْ أَهَنْتَهُ أَكْرَمَكَ، وَإِنْ أَكْرَمْتَهُ أَهَانَكَ»