Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
SaadiSaadi He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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SaadiSaadi A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SaadiSaadi Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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SaadiSaadi Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
SaadiSaadi Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
SaadiSaadi Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
SaadiSaadi To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SaadiSaadi Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
SaadiSaadi Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
SaadiSaadi The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
SaadiSaadi Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
SaadiSaadi A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
SaadiSaadi He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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