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.
SAADIA tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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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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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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