Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah quotes
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“Whoever seeks honor [by marrying a woman] will be tested with lowliness, and whoever seeks wealth [by marrying a woman] will be tested with poverty, but whoever looks for righteousness [in a woman], then Allah would combine both honor and wealth with righteousness for him in her.”
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“He whose sin is due to desires, then have hope for him. And he whose sin is due to pride, then fear for him - because Nabi Adam disobeyed due to desire and was forgiven, and Iblis sinned due to pride and was cursed”
-- Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah
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“SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty"”
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan
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