Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
SAADIKeep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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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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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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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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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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