Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
SAADIHave patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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