When Amir al-mu'minin's companions expressed displeasure about his attitude concerning Arbitration, 1 he said:
O people, matters between me and you went as I wished till war exhausted you. By Allah, it has overtaken some of you and left others, and has completely weakened your enemy. Till yesterday I was giving orders but today I am being given orders, and till yesterday I was dissuading people (from wrong acts) but today I am being dissuaded. You have now shown liking to live in this world, and it is not for me to bring you to what you dislike.
(1) Nasr, Siffin, 484;
(2) Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 118;