To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SAADIA friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
More Saadi Quotes
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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.
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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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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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