Saadi on enemy
Saadi100 quotes“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.”
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
SaadiSaadi Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
SaadiSaadi However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SaadiSaadi Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
SaadiSaadi The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
SaadiSaadi 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.
SaadiSaadi A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
SaadiSaadi Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
SaadiSaadi O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
SaadiSaadi The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
SaadiSaadi Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
SaadiSaadi Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Satan never wastes a fiery dart by aiming at a spot covered by armor. The bull’s eye is located dead center in our inconsistency. That’s where the enemy plans to bring us down.
Beth MooreBeth Moore One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
Bette DavisBette Davis The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
TertullianTertullian Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
TertullianTertullian Your mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it’s your choice to make.
Demi LovatoDemi Lovato If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
MenciusMencius Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see – Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
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