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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.

Saadi

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
SAADI

Generosity Hands Power Strong
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
SAADI

Holy Need Starve
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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Oneself Reveal Secret Silence Talk
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADI

Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Company Intelligence Need Society
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.
SAADI

Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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Gold Pieces Worth
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Appearance Beautiful Children Intellectual Perfection Thinking
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Beautiful Money Worth
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
SAADI

Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
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
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy

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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