A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
SAADIHave patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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None can be so true to your secret as 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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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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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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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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