174 - ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Yazīd ibn Khunayṣ narrated to us, saying: Wuḥayb ibn al-Ward said: "It used to be said: Wisdom consists of ten parts: nine of them are in silence, and the tenth is in seclusion from people." He said: "So I struggled with myself to maintain silence, but I found that I could not control all that I desired of it, so I realized that all ten parts lie in seclusion from people."
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