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.
SAADIExpose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
More Saadi Quotes
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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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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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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