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.
SAADIShut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
More Saadi Quotes
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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 hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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