Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
SAADIHave patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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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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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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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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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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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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