They had very little shame, and the thought of them expending clean water to douse a fire was absurd | We just found him there at the office one day and lived with it |
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To most, however, the pickings were confined to three at the time: Al-Farazdaq, Al-Jareer, and an illustrious Levantine Christian by the name of Al-Akhtal | He had nothing but his poetry prowess to put clothes on his back and food on his miserable table, and he used it well enough to make quite the name for himself in the annals of Arabic literature |
There are way too many examples of how deft Ibn al-Rumi was at burning his foes, but some of them can take a frankly cruel turn.
19For the simplest thing you can do is to disappoint, and the most difficult thing for you to do is to anything right | Have I not made my discontent towards you clear, despite how difficult it is for you to understand? And though they were both coveted for their innumerable contributions to Arabic linguistics and culture, there were others who claimed their fame through some heavy use of anger |
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All that in two lines.
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