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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.
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
SaadiSaadi The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
SaadiSaadi Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
SaadiSaadi O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
SaadiSaadi The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
SaadiSaadi Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
SaadiSaadi Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SaadiSaadi An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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We set forth our petitions before god, not in order to make known to him our needs and desires, but rather so that we ourselves may realize that in the things it is necessary to turn to god for help.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas I was blinded by the desire to be wanted that I forgot how to love myself.
Z. ElliottZ. Elliott I want to be his peace and his raging fire. His muse and every desire.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney We all return to dreams, don’t we? The unattainable is alluring, desire is tenfold.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez Let your heat melt me. Let my desires flow down slowly from my thighs into the bedsheet.
BelaBela She is dandelion wishes and watermelon kisses. He is tumultuous fire and venomous desire.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney He didn’t desire her. Maybe that’s why she deserved him.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DemocritusDemocritus