I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
SAADIAnts, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
More Saadi Quotes
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass 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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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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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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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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 hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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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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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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