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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SaadiSaadi An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
SaadiSaadi Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
SaadiSaadi I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
SaadiSaadi Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SaadiSaadi Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
SaadiSaadi Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
SaadiSaadi 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?
SaadiSaadi Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
SaadiSaadi The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
SaadiSaadi There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
SaadiSaadi Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.
Shams TabriziShams Tabrizi Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain’t a beauty, but hey you’re alright, and that’s alright with me.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen We can look for beauty in the mirror, but the mirror only reflects one aspect of who we are.
Jasmine KangJasmine Kang What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois