Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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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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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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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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A 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.
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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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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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