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Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.

Ameen Rihani

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Ameen Rihani
Age: 63 †
Born: 1876
Born: November 24
Died: 1940
Died: September 13
Essayist
Historian
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Writer
Ottoman Levant
Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī
Ameen Fares Rihani
Amin Rihani
Nation
Industry
Nations
Culture
Spirit
Industries
Commerce
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The will is the spirit of perseverance, and perseverance holds clear success.
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I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.
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Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines.
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What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?
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Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.
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The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.
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Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.
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