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.
SAADIAll 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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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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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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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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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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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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