Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADIKeep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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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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