Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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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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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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