As power becomes great, concupiscence grows less.
Verily they are the basest and meanest of men who account avarice prudence, and clemency ignoble.
Al-Suyuti, History of The Caliphs, Translated by Major H. S. Jarrett, Calcutta (India), 1881.
As power becomes great, concupiscence grows less.
Verily they are the basest and meanest of men who account avarice prudence, and clemency ignoble.
Al-Suyuti, History of The Caliphs, Translated by Major H. S. Jarrett, Calcutta (India), 1881.