إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الزِّيِّ مَا خَلَطَكَ بِالنَّاسِ وَجَمَّلَكَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَكَفَّ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَنْكَ [عَنْكَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ]
Verily the best outward appearance [and demeanour] is that which makes you mingle with people and beautifies you among them and restrains their tongues from [speaking ill of] you
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
أَسْرَعُ الْأَشْيَاءِ عُقُوبَةً رَجُلٌ عَاهَدْتَهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ وَكَانَ مِنْ نِيَّتِكَ الْوَفَاءُ لَهُ وَمِنْ نِيَّتِهِ الْغَدْرُ بِكَ
The person who will face the quickest retribution is the man with whom you make a contract while having the intention of being loyal to it, whereas his intention is to betray you
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
تَجَبَّبْ [تَحَبَّبْ] إِلَى النَّاسِ بِالزُّهْدِ فِيمَا أَيْدِيهِمْ تَفُزْ بِالْمَحَبَّةِ مِنْهُمْ
Endear yourself to the people by being uninterested in their possessions and you will be successful in gaining their love
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
خَالِطُوا النَّاسَ بِمَا يَعْرِفُونَ وَدَعُوهُمْ مِمَّا يُنْكِرُونَ وَلَا تَحْمِلُوهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَعَلَيْنَا فَإِنَّ أَمْرَنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ
Mingle with the people through that which they recognize and leave them in that which they reject, and do not burden them [by compelling them] to follow yourselves and us, for indeed our affair is difficult and arduous
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
خَالِقُوا النَّاسَ بِأَخْلَاقِهِمْ وَزَايِلُوهُمْ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ
Interact with people through their [norms of] etiquette but separate yourself from them in [your] actions
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
خَالِطُوا النَّاسَ مُخَالَطَةً إِنْ مِتُّمْ بَكَوْا عَلَيْكُمْ وَإِنْ غِبْتُمْ حَنُّوا إِلَيْكُمْ
Interact with people in such a way that when you die, they weep over you and when you are absent, they yearn for your company
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
خَوَافِي الْأَخْلَاقِ تَكْشِفُهَا الْمُعَاشَرَةُ
The hidden aspects of [one’s] character are uncovered by [companionship and] social interaction
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
قَارِبِ النَّاسَ فِي أَخْلَاقِهِمْ تَأْمَنْ غَوَائِلَهُمْ
Get closer to the people in their morals and you will be safe from their malice [and evil]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ شُغُلًا بِمَعَايِبِهِ عَنْ مَعَايِبِ النَّاسِ
A person’s own faults are enough to keep him occupied from the faults of other people
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ غَبَاوَةً أَنْ يَنْظُرَ مِنْ عُيُوبِ النَّاسِ إِلَى مَا خَفِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ عُيُوبِهِ
It is enough of imbecility for a person to look at the faults of people when the same faults are hidden to him of himself
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ جَهْلًا أَنْ يَجْهَلَ عُيُوبَ نَفْسِهِ وَيَطْعُنَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِمَا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ التَّحَوُّلَ عَنْهُ
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about his own faults and to malign people for that which he [himself] cannot turn away from
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لِكُلِّ دَاخِلٍ دَهْشَةٌ وَذُهُولٌ
For everyone who enters [into an unfamiliar place] there is consternation and perplexity
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لِلْمُتَكَلِّمِ أَوْقَاتٌ
For every speaker there are times [and conditions where he is able to speak]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ أَعْظَمَكَ لِإِكْثَارِكَ اسْتَقَلَّكَ عِنْدَ إِقْلَالِكَ
One who respects you because of your opulence, belittles you in your [time of] poverty
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى مَنْ قَالَ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى مَا قَالَ
Do not look at who has spoken, look at what he has said
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَكْرَهُوا سُخْطَ مَنْ يُرْضِيهِ الْبَاطِلُ
Do not be upset by the displeasure of the one who is pleased with falsehood
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَرُدَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ كُلَّمَا حَدَّثُوكَ فَكَفَى بِذَلِكَ حُمْقاً
Do not contest all that the people relate to you, for this suffices as foolishness
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَتَّبِعَنَّ عُيُوبَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِنْ عُيُوبِكَ إِنْ عَقَلْتَ مَا يَشْغَلُكَ أَنْ تَعِيبَ أَحَداً
Never pursue the faults of people, for indeed if you think about it, you have of your own faults that which will keep you occupied from finding faults in others
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تُسِئِ الْخِطَابَ فَيَسُوءَكَ نَكِيرُ الْجَوَابِ
Do not be offensive in your address thereby being offended by the rudeness of the reply
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا يَكُنِ الْمُحْسِنُ وَالْمُسِيءُ عِنْدَكَ سَوَاءً فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُزَهِّدُ الْمُحْسِنَ فِي الْإِحْسَانِ وَيُتَايِعُ [يُتَابِعُ] الْمُسِيءَ إِلَى الْإِسَاءَةِ
Let not the good doer and the evildoer be equal in your eyes, for will make the good-doer abstain from his benevolence and will encourage the evildoer to continue his evil
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم