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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Saadi

To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SAADI

Healing Lying Scars Truth Wound
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Hurry Wasted
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
SAADI

Secret True Yourself
It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Heart Oneself Person Virtue World
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
SAADI

Accomplishment Patience Ruin
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Generosity Hands Power Strong
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?
SAADI

Action Book Empty Fire Himself Intellectual Learning Philosophy Study Wisdom
A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SAADI

Dog Forget Friendship Himself
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Care Destroy Friendship Life Moments
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
SAADI

Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
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
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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Book Carry Learning Library Stupidity
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening 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.
SAADI

Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

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