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Naguib Mahfouz
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Palace Walk
A person who has forgotten his sorrows can be forced to confront them once more when someone with the best intentions favors him with a word of comfort.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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قنع دائماً من "وطنيته" بالعاطفة والمشاركة الوجدانية دون الإقدام على عمل يغير وجه الحياة الذي آنس إليه فلا يرضى عنه بديلا، لذلك لم يدر له بخلد أن ينضم الى لجنة من لجان الحزب الوطني على شدة تعلقه بمبادئه، ولا حتى أن يجشم نفسه عناء شهود اجتماع من اجتماعاته، أليس في ذلك إهدار لوقته "الثمين"؟ ليس الوطن في حاجة إليه على حين يتلهف هو كل دقيقة منه لينفقها في أسرته أو تجارته أو على الخصوص في لهوه بين الأحباب والخلّان؟! ليكن إذن وقته خالصا لحياته، وللوطن ما يشاء من قلبه وعواطفه، بل ماله كلما تيسر، إذ لم يكن يضن به إذا وجب التبرع لغرض من الأغراض، وإلى ذلك فلم يشعر مطلقا بانه مقصر في واجبه على نحو ما، وعلى العكس عرف بين صحبة بالوطنية، إما لأن قلوبهم لم تسخ بعواطفها كما سخا قلبه، وإما لأن الذين سخت قلوبهم لم يذهبوا حد التبرع بالمال مثله، فتميز بوطنيته، وعرف هو ذلك فأضافه إلى بقية مزاياه التي يباهي بها سرا في أعماق قلبه ولم يتصور ان الوطنية يمكن ان تطالبه بأكثر مما يجود به.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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The shaykh interrupted him, saying, "Not so fast. I'm the sort of person who praises only to clear the way to speak the truth, for the sake of encouragement, son of Abd al-Jawad
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Naguib Mahfouz
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He was not accustomed to busying himself with introspection or self-analysis. In this way he was like most people who are rarely alone. His mind did not swing into action until some external force required it: a man or woman or some other element of his material life. He had surrendered himself to the busy current of his life, submerging himself totally in it. All he saw of himself was his reflection on the surface of the stream.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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Perhaps boredom was an irrelevant concept for a life as monotonous as hers.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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Every inch a person's body travels on the road of separation seems like miles to the heart.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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After living for a month in his home, her character had been infected with the virus of submission to his will, which terrified everyone in the house.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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إن اللهو لا يُغير ما بقلوب الرجال !
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At times people who are extremely sad become lighthearted for the most trivial reasons, merely to obtain the relief furnished by the exactly opposite condition.
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إننا نتنكر بالعمر.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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An anxious heart is like a string that's out of tune.
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Naguib Mahfouz
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...love is like health. It is taken lightly when present and cherished when it departs.
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