I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
SAADIThe best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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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.
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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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