Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
SAADIHoliness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
More Saadi Quotes
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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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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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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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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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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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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