٧٩. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): خُذِ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنَّى كَانَتْ فَإِنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ تَكُونُ فِي صَدْرِ الْمُنَافِقِ فَتَلَجْلَجُ فِي صَدْرِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ فَتَسْكُنَ إِلَى صَوَاحِبِهَا فِي صَدْرِ الْمُؤْمِن.

79. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Take wise points from wherever they may be, because if a wise saying is in the bosom of a hypocrite it flutters in his bosom till it comes out and settles with others of its own category in the bosom of the believer.

79. Prends la sagesse là où tu la trouves. Etant dans le cœur de l’hypocrite, elle se meut jusqu’à en sortit pour trouver la demeure de ses campagnes [les autres vertus] dans le cœur du croyant.

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #79