Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SAADIA dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
More Saadi Quotes
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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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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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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