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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.

Saadi

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Bad Disturb God Goodness Sleep
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Failure Man Secret Yourself
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
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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Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Animal Eat Excellence Men Praise Sleep
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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Healing Lying Scars Truth Wound
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
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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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Appearance Face Heart Keys Love Wound
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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Evil Goodness People
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Appearance Beautiful Children Intellectual Perfection Thinking
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
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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Gold Pieces Worth
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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Beautiful Company Girl Ignorance Man Wasted Wisdom

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