Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADIBe not in the desire of thine own ease.
More Saadi Quotes
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A 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.
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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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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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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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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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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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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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