Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADIWhoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADIBe generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
SAADINone can be so true to your secret as yourself.
SAADII fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
SAADIA handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
SAADIWhoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
SAADIA little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
SAADIThe remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
SAADIHe who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
SAADIKeep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SAADIReligion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
SAADIIt is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
SAADIThe sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
SAADIWhen the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
SAADIWhoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
SAADIA traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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