“Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.”
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Thomas à Kempis 41
German canon regular 1380–1471Related quotes

Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 4, hadith number 574
Sunni Hadith

Muwatta of Imam Malik, Speech, hadith 14 http://ahadith.co.uk/permalink-hadith-4912
Sunni Hadith
Variant: Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I was sent to perfect good character."

Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 4, hadith number 695
Sunni Hadith

it is true about one of them."
Muwatta of Imam Malik, Speech, hadith 1 http://ahadith.co.uk/permalink-hadith-4899
Sunni Hadith
Variant: Malik related to me from 'Abdullah ibn Dinar from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If a man says to his Muslim brother, 'O unbeliever!' it is true about one of them."
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 432.

“Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown;
O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!”
Closing line.
The Temple of Fame (1711)

He said, 'Yes. Give to your mother.'"
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 325
Sunni Hadith