I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
SAADIGod gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
More Saadi Quotes
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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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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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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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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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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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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