Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
SAADIWhen the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
More Saadi Quotes
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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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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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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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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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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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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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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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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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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