The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
SAADIHe who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
More Saadi Quotes
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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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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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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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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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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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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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 little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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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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