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اعذب ما قيل في الشعر العربي

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  (( عنترة بن شداد)) لا يحمل الحقد من تعلو به الرتب ولا ينال العلا من طبعه الغضب إن الأفاعي وان لانت ملامسها عند التقلب في انيابها العطب قد يعشق المرء من لا مال في يده ويكره القلب في كفه الذهب ما قيمة الناس إلا في مبادئهم لا المال يبقى ولا الألقاب والرتب!!!! اذا امتلأت كف الئيم من الغنى تمايل اعجابا وقال انا انا!!! ولاكن كريم الاصل كالغصن كلما تحمل اثمارا تواضع وانحنى.

Ancient Wisdom

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It has been a long time since I wrote to this blog. on many occasions, I wanted to write but felt that I have nothing serious to share. The last couple of days, I started reading a book about ancient Chinese wisdom. I got the book while I was in Paris, in a visit arranged by UNESCO. at the same time as the conference, I participated in, there was a Chinese cultural seminar within the UNESCO building. I got the chance to see actual monks and to speak with wise elderlies. one of whom gave me a movie on a USB stick and a bunch of books about religions and wisdom. I shelved the books for a long time before deciding to start reading it. Now I regret every moment I left these books in solitude and didn't get into it sooner! yet I believe that books have their own spirit and from my experience, it calls you to the read. The first book I snatched from the counter, was "The Governing Principles of Ancient China". the book is based on 360 passages excerpted from the origi...