Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
SAADIVirtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
More Saadi Quotes
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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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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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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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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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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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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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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