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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

Saadi

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
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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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Beautiful Money Worth
Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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Angry Kindness Limitation People Respect Season
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Different Human Suffering True
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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Bad Earth Face Fortune Heaven Nature
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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God Wisdom Worth
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Forgiveness God Myself Prayer Sin

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