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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Saadi

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 true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Book Death Discipline Live Religious True
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Advice Deep Prison Tree Virtue
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Dog Goodness Talk
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
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 the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
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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Ignorance Knowledge
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Harmony Heart Music Togetherness
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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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Art End Enemy Learning Myself Person Target
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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Educational Inspirational Knowledge Practice
It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Heart Oneself Person Virtue World
When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Enemy Men See Trouble Yourself
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Friendship Stranger

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