ismail bin ghazwan said may god bless alkindi! how wise he was how wellprepared his argument was how sincere his pocket was and how consistent his method was! i saw him approach a group in which there was none but a corruptor or one who beautifies corruption for his people a poet who wished that all people had crossed the line of the extravagant to the line of the insane a man of bluster and arrogance and a flatterer who was close to god and he said
قال اسماعيل بن غزوان لله در الكندي! ما كان أحكمه وأحضر حجته، وأنصح جيبه وأدوم طريقته! رأيته وقد أقبل على جماعة ما فيها إلا مفسد، أو من يزين الفساد لأهله، من شاعر بوده أن الناس كلهم قد جاوزوا حد المسرفين إلى حدود المجانين، ومن صاحب تفقيع ١ واستئكال، ومن ملاق متقرب، فقال