Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
SAADIIn the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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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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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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