God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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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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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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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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