 they said the little that is constant is better than the much that is intermittent. abu dardaa said i relax myself with some falsehood hating to burden it with the truth that would bore it. the poet said
وقالوا القليل الدائم أكثر من الكثير المنقطع . وقال أبو الدرداء إني لأستجم نفسي ببعض الباطل كراهة أن أحمل عليها من الحق ما يملها . وقال الشاعر