Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADIUse a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
More Saadi Quotes
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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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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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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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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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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