An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SAADIHe who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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