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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

Al-Ghazali

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Al-Ghazali
Born: 1058
Born: January 1
Autobiographer
Mutakallim
Philosopher
Theologian
Ghazzoliĭ
Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ
Al-Ghazzali
Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī
Algazelus
Algazel
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali
Al-Gonzzali
Ghonzzali
Advice
Overpowering
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Virtue
Passes
Wisdom
Vice
Knowledge
Islamic
Without
Whoever
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Forty
People
Vices
Hellfire

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