Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
SAADIA handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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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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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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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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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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