Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
More Saadi Quotes
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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