The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
SAADIA handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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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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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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