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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.

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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Beautiful Money Worth
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Escape Fruit Himself Live
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Accomplishment Patience Ruin
Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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Creation Essence Human Pain Soul Sympathy Uncomfortable Yourself
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
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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Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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God Wisdom Worth
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.

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