Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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