“I hate luxury. I exercise moderation...It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.”
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“No friend is better than your own wise heart! Although there are many things you can rely…”
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“When it was wet, we bore the wet together, when it was cold, we bore the cold together.”