The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
SAADIA traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
More Saadi Quotes
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass 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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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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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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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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