Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADIA 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.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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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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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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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