He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
SAADIHave patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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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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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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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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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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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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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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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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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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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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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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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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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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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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