Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADIEvery leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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