Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
SAADIBe not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
More Saadi Quotes
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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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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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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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 little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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