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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

Saadi

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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Dog Forget Friendship Himself
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Art End Enemy Learning Myself Person Target
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
SAADI

Holy Need Starve
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
SAADI

Book Death Discipline Live Religious True
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
SAADI

Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
SAADI

Best Character Charity God Humility Love Rich
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.
SAADI

Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
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.
SAADI

Enemy Men See Trouble Yourself
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADI

Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
SAADI

People Prayer Religion Service
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADI

Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
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
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
SAADI

Enemy Himself Kill Mercy

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

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