Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SAADIPatience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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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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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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