"They rejoice and say, “A year of fertility, auspiciousness, and peace.”"

"I yearn for the days of my youth too soon gone—how I blossomed, like a bud on a twig—how I long for their intoxications and venial sins, when our hearts were sprightly and full of vim and all our hopes opened before us."

"Diligent and expeditious, pens held at the ready:sent on a mission, count on them to perform."

"For in everything in the world of nature, there is something to be marveled at,"

"If adulthood arrives without common sense, abandon all hope: the case is lost."

"He who finds contentment free of greed will be relieved from toil,"

"The arrowheads of angry words may penetrate the flesh and be extracted but the arrowheads of words that penetrate the heart can never be extracted."

"If each according to his worth were given,your gift would be the World and all you therein seek!”

"In the breath of dawn, I crossed the dark with a twitchy gos greedy for the kill"

“Repent from passion’s way!” “No!” I said.“Not until old age stops me in my tracks.”

"Any treasure seeker with his own money ends up losing it in his quest."

"Bravery is of two sorts: before or against the wind; some ships sail a steady course, others lie still."

"Ease in this world is no more than distress in the next."

"I swear, if I took my afflictions to heart, I’d be dead already."

New Release!📚 The Turks and the Caliphal Army, translated by Robert G. Hoyland, is a defense of Abbasid military policy from al-Jāḥiẓ, a powerhouse of Arabic letters and the “father of Arabic prose”. Now available on the LAL website! tinyurl.com/yh6a4mmj