Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADINone can be so true to your secret as yourself.
More Saadi Quotes
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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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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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for 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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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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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