It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
SAADIBe not in the desire of thine own ease.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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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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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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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 handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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