"اِثْنَانِ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ ذُو عَقْلٍ بِلَا دِينٍ وَآخَرُ دَيِّنٌ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ"
— Al-Ma'arri

January 1, 1970

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Variant translations: — We mortals are composed of two great schools, Enlightened knaves or else religious fools. — Translation of Reynold Nicholson, as quoted in The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala (1920) by Ameen Rihani — The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: Those with brains, but no religion, And those with religion, but no brains. — As quoted in The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (1984) by Amin Maalouf, p. 37 — The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion