626. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Keeping away from the low things would debase the enemy.”1
627. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Do not act in a way that ruins your prestige.”2
628. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Let it be death, rather than lowering oneself with disgrace!”3
629. Imām Ali (a.s.): “O People! Certainly death is more preferable than to be disgraced; and to be whipped is more preferable than to be humiliated and vilified.”4
630. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Let it be death but not humiliation. Let it be little but not disgrace!”5
631. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Let there be lack but not encounter with disgrace.”6
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Refraining from Enmity
632. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Refrain from having malice in the hearts, hatred in the chests, turning away (from each other's help) and withholding assistance from one another.”7
633. Imām Ali (a.s.): “Interact with people in a manner that if you were to die they would cry for you, and if you were to live they would yearn for you”8
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۹۷۷۴, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۴۸۵, h. ۸۹۵۴.
2.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۱۰۲۳۱, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۵۱۸, h. ۹۳۹۵.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۳۶۱, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۳۳, h. ۶۲۱.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۸, p. ۲۱, h. ۴, Tuhaf al-`Uqul, p. ۲۰۷.
5.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۳۶۰ ۳۶۲, Nahj al- Balāghah, Aphorism ۳۹۶, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۳۳, h. ۶۲۰.
6.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۹۸۰۲, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۴۸۸, h. ۹۰۴۴.
7.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۱۹۲, Ghurar al-Hikam, h ۴۵۴۴, `Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā`iz, p. ۲۰۰, h. ۴۰۴۶.
8.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Aphorism ۱۰, Ghurar al-Hikam, h ۵۰۷۰
