If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
SAADIYou who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
More Saadi Quotes
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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 wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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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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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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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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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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Human 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.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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