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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

Saadi

In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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Desire Inspirational Safety Sea Treasure Wisdom Yourself
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
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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Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
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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Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
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
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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Bad Earth Face Fortune Heaven Nature
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Dog Goodness Talk
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Accomplishment Patience Ruin
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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Enemy Men See Trouble Yourself
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Beautiful Money Worth

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