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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

Saadi

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADI

Character Doubt Mistake Yourself
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Hurry Wasted
The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
SAADI

God Judgement Law Story World
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
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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Goodness Himself Ignorance Men Silence
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Failure Man Secret Yourself
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Advice Help Men Wisdom
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Company Intelligence Need Society
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself
A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Dog Forget Friendship Himself
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Art End Enemy Learning Myself Person Target
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience Sports
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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Best Character Charity God Humility Love Rich

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