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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

Saadi

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
SAADI

Company Intelligence Need Society
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
SAADI

Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
SAADI

Beautiful Money Worth
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
SAADI

Advice Help Men Wisdom
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
SAADI

Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
SAADI

Confidence Cry Himself Love People Rich Smile Ugly
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SAADI

Compassion Kindness Lust
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Accomplishment Patience Ruin
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Friendship Stranger
I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
SAADI

Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
SAADI

Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
SAADI

Desire Limitation Yourself
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SAADI

Fake God Saint Sin Thinking Word
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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Care Listening Yourself
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.
SAADI

Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
SAADI

Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season

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