“When forbearance is mischievous, to pardon is weakness.”
History of the Caliphs, p. 263
Abú al-Abbás alebo iným prepisom Abu 'l-Abbás bol prvý arabský kalif, zakladateľ dynastie Abbásovcov. Dal vyvraždiť celú dynastiu Umajjovcov, ktorá vládla pred ním, prežil iba Abd ar-Rahmán I. - preto je často označovaný prívlastkom „as-Saffáh“ - „prelievač krvi“. Wikipedia

“When forbearance is mischievous, to pardon is weakness.”
History of the Caliphs, p. 263
“As power becomes great, concupiscence grows less.”
History of the Caliphs, p. 263
“It is rare that bounty is given unasked but a just claim is destroyed thereby.”
History of the Caliphs, p. 263