Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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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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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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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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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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