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.
SAADITo tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
More Saadi Quotes
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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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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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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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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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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 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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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