Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SAADIThe rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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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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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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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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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is 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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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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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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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