Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
SAADIPatience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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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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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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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 pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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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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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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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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