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If a man attends to you only with strained effort, leave him, and do not waste much regret on him.Imam Ash-Shafi'i
Diwan al-Shafi'i (traditionally attributed)
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Civil words cost nothing, and go a long way.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 259. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_259
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A black plum is as sweet as a white.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 130. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_130
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Bear and forbear.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 81. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_81