O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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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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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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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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