Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SAADIHave patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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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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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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