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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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God Wisdom Worth
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Art Ignorance Practice Reading Theory
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
SAADI

Happiness Sex Voice Woman
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
SAADI

Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Harmony Heart Music Togetherness
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
SAADI

Ignorance Knowledge
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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Oneself Reveal Secret Silence Talk
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
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
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season
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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Argument Discover Ignorance Order Wisdom Yourself
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

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