Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADIHave patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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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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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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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