Author of quotes: Abu-al-Faraj Ibn Harun (Gregory Bar hebraeus)

One ruler every time I set the table, would say: "How great is your mercy Allah! You give us much more of our needs."

A Governor said:
- Should not glorify those who ruled before us. Thus, we belittle their own dignity.

- Why do you not like our Lord? asked by a philosopher.
- Because masters never like those who are smarter than they are, ' he replied. - It is characteristic of all rulers.

In the temple of wisdom, all good, and nothing rejected that sharpens the mind, enlightening the manners, comforts and distracts the thoughts from pain and ailments. In a large economy, not only gold and silver vessels, a vessel made out of pumpkin. And just as true the teachings of the apostles that it should always enlighten your heart and Refine your mind, it is also true that there is no unimportant or silly story that couldn't benefit from getting to its meaning.

One philosopher said:
- A two-legged lion is more dangerous than four-legged. Watch out for his twins!

Seeing the girl, who carried the torch, one philosopher said:
- Fire on fire... Though the fire carrying a heavy fire to hold.

One philosopher said:
- What event would be good for the majority of the population?
He replied:
Is death a bad ruler.

A certain woman saw Socrates, when he was dragged to the place of execution. Weeping, she exclaimed:
Oh, Woe is me! They're going to kill you, even though you have committed no crime!
Socrates replied:
- About stupid! Do you wish I committed a crime, deserved the punishment and died a criminal!

A wise man said:
- Like fortress of pottery check by the ring of the person checking the words that utter from his lips.

A wise man taught:
- It is better to listen than to talk.
He was asked:
Why? He replied:
- No wonder God created one language and a couple of ears.

Aristotle said:
- Since that moment as the life force of the soul reflected in the body, soul, and body to stick together. They mutually influence each other. Especially affects the soul on the body in moments of anger, passion, sorrow. The feelings that conceals the soul, the body expresses openly. And watching the gestures and facial expressions, we can follow the spiritual experiences. This is the art of the physiognomists.
At their disposal there are signs of three kinds:
1. It is possible to observe some similarities and compare human appearance with the appearance of animals. You can also, observing animal movements, similar to movements of people.
2. You can set the similarity between the individual and members of different races and nationalities - Ethiopians, Indians, Hittites and others. Accordingly, features similar to those of the individual with the characteristics of different peoples, we don't make the mistake of defining his character.
3. You can compare a person's face in repose with the way it happens during anger or fear, or during passion. And on individual characteristics, you can assert without risk of falling into the error that this person have a temper, cowardly, lustful.
The art of the physiognomist requires fine observation and deep mind, ability to analyze and help of Almighty glorify His name! And anyone who wants a pure beacon of knowledge to enrich your mind, have to learn the three basic teachings of physiognomists.
Just as the sunlight enables us to see earthly objects, and without it, no eye will see nothing, and without knowledge of physionomiste nobody will be able the appearance to determine a person's character.

Someone said:
Once I lost my horse and went to look for her in the desert. Much isthmuses hungry and thirsty, I walked to a village nearby. In one of the houses I noticed a young, very beautiful woman. I asked her for a piece of bread. She told me:
"Sit down, I'll fix you lunch."
When I sat down, joined her husband and began to reproach her:
"Except for I married you to have you cook dinner for strangers?"
Then he turned to me:
"Get out!"
Greatly offended, I went to a neighboring village. There I met a young, very handsome man and asked him for bread. He told me:
"Allow me the honor and visit my house, I will feed you lunch."
And we went together and soon reached the door of his house. Then there was the man's wife, and he said to her:
"On the street I met a passer-by and invited him to join us for lunch."
She replied:
"Unless I married you, so you bring home the poor?"
Angry, she slammed the door in my face.
Amazed by this woman's behavior, so similar to the behavior of men from the village, I laughed out loud. And when a young man asked me why I was laughing, I told him what happened to me in a neighboring village. When he accurately described how it looks the woman and the house in which she lives, he told me:
"An amazing story! After all, this woman happens to be my sister and her husband my wife's brother".

The thief climbed into someone's house, it long searched, but found nothing except pen and ink. Before leaving, he made an inscription on the wall:
"I'm sorry that you are poor and need".

The priest stole the gospel in Golden binding. And he arose in the pulpit, and admonished the thief, and threatened to betray him anathema. Seeing that all the congregation are crying with him and together they call on the head of the thief God's punishment, the preacher said:
- Here gathered all the villagers, all men, women and children, and weep. But if your tears are sincere, who is it that stole the gospel?