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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

Saadi

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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Goodness Himself Ignorance Men Silence
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Heart Oneself Person Virtue World
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Advice Deep Prison Tree Virtue
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Harmony Heart Music Togetherness
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
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
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Holy Need Starve
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Advice Help Men Wisdom
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
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Feeling Human Pain Suffering Yourself
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

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