Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
SAADIShut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
More Saadi Quotes
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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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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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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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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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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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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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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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