An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SAADIHe who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
More Saadi Quotes
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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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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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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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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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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 man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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