Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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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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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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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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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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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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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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