Quotes From "Leo Africanus" By Amin Maalouf

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Let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech is to have meaning; illness, that health is to have meaning; war, that peace is to have meaning. Let us give thanks to Him for having given us weariness and pain, so that rest and joy are to have meaning. Let us give thanks to him, whose wisdom is infinite. Amin Maalouf
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Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs. Amin Maalouf