Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
SAADIWhoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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