Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
SAADIA peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
More Saadi Quotes
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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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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