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Why do people laugh, dance in triumph, feel recklessly secure in positions of power? Why do they not remember the true place in the scheme of things and their inevitable end?

— Naguib Mahfouz The Harafish (1977)

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He and Raifa each lived in hell, in a world of tedium.

The Harafish (1977)

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

Naguib Mahfouz in: Gary Dexter (2010)

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Michael J. Gelb (1996)

It is something worth picking from the thrash-can the alluring experience of the working days.

Sire, after you, no one from your seed shall sit upon the throne of Egypt.

Khufu's Wisdom (1939)

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