Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
SAADINo person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
More Saadi Quotes
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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