Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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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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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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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.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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