{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw24.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw24.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nIf it were not for the faculty of speech, man would be nothing more than a silent picture or a contemptible animal.\nThe tongue is the best part of man.\nMan is hidden behind his tongue.\nA man's talk shows what kind of mind he has.\nWhat you write is the truest thing that can be said of you.\nThe words of eloquent men are like a mighty army, and their writings like glittering swords.\nNote down in writing what you learn. All knowledge which is not committed to writing is lost.\nThe best handwriting is that which is most easily read.\nA bad pen is like an unruly, undutiful child.\nIf you value a book you will read it through.\nIf you write a book, be ready to encounter criticism.\nA book is like a garden carried in the pocket.\nA book is an eloquent, silent companion, or a speaking friend answering and questioning you.\nBooks are the food of minds.\nThere is something wise in every proverb.\nThe tongues of men are the pens of truth.\nPoets, love-stricken, ramble up and down in every valley.\nPoetry is one of the musical instruments of Satan.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Speaking, Writing ,Books","type":"page"}