O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
SAADINone can be so true to your secret as yourself.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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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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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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