“The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 121
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al-Shahid al-Tustari, Ihqaqul-Haq, vol.12, p. 432
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“The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 121
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“This one's for all the homies who couldn't make it to the party!”
Patrick Stump (1984) American musician
Before taking a shot of liquid garlic butter.
My Heart Will Always be the B-Side to My Tongue DVD
Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) American anthropologist and folklorologist
Race: Science and Politics [1940], ch. 2
“The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.”
Victor Hugo book Les Misérables
Source: Les Misérables
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) Colombian writer and philosopher
Sucesivos Escolios a un Texto Implícito (1992)
I. F. Stone (1907–1989) American investigative journalist and author
NPR: Excerpt: The Best of I.F. Stone (5 September 2006)
Nancy Reagan book My Turn
Source: My Turn (1989), Ch. 4 : First Lady, Dragon Lady
Context: I was not the power behind the throne.
Did I ever give Ronnie advice? You bet I did. I’m the one who knows him best, and I was the only person in the White House who had absolutely no agenda of her own — except helping him.
And so I make no apologies for telling him what I thought. Just because you’re married doesn’t mean you have no right to express your opinions. For eight years I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn’t give you special access, I don’t know what does!
So yes, I gave Ronnie my best advice — whenever he asked for it, and sometimes when he didn’t. But that doesn’t mean he always took it. Ronald Reagan has a mind of his own.
Muhammad al-Baqir (677–733) fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
God's decree on him
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 295
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