A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
SAADINo person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
More Saadi Quotes
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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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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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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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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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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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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