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Indeed, the intelligent one learns through discipline while the beasts are not trained except by beating. 44ـ إنَّ العاقِلَ يَتَّعِظُ بِالأدَبِ والبَهائِمُ لاتَتَّعِظُ إلاّ بِالضَّرْبِ. Verily the intelligent person is one who looks in his today for his tomorrow, and strives to unshackle his soul, and works for that which must come to pass and which cannot be escaped.

45ـ إنَّ العاقِلَ مَنْ نَظَرَ في يَوْمِهِ لِغَدِهِ، وسَعى في فِكاكِ نَفْسِهِ، وعَمِلَ لِما لابُدَّ لَهُ مِنْهُ، وَلامَحيصَ لَهُ عَنْهُ. Verily it behoves the intelligent one to be cautious of death in this world, and he should make good preparations…