Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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