The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
SAADIThe stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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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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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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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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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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