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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.

Saadi

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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Difference Expectation Eyes Herself Himself
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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Ignorance Knowledge
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Advice Deep Prison Tree Virtue
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
SAADI

Gold Pieces Worth
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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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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People Prayer Religion Service
When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Enemy Men See Trouble Yourself
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle

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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