It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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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.
SaadiSaadi You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
SaadiSaadi Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
SaadiSaadi I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
SaadiSaadi Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
SaadiSaadi Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
SaadiSaadi Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
SaadiSaadi I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
SaadiSaadi Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
SaadiSaadi In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
SaadiSaadi Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
SaadiSaadi He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
SaadiSaadi Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
SaadiSaadi A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SaadiSaadi Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SaadiSaadi A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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