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.
SAADIWhen a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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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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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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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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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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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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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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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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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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