However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
SAADIA handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
More Saadi Quotes
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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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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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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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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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Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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