A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
SAADIHuman 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.
More Saadi Quotes
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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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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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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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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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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