The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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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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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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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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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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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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