Author: Ameen Rihani

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Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page.

- Ameen Rihani

All things, good and evil, come out, it seems, of the East. The Illuminati, like the Ismailites, dealt in allegories; and like the Mazdakites, they played with fire.

All things, good and evil, come out, it seems, of the East. The Illuminati, like the Ismailites, dealt in allegories; and like the Mazdakites, they played with fire.

- Ameen Rihani

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

- Ameen Rihani

Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other.

Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other.

- Ameen Rihani

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