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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.

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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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People Prayer Religion Service
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Desire Feeling Selfish
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
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.
SAADI

Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
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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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Feeling Human Pain Suffering Yourself
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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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle

To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.

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