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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Saadi

Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
SAADI

Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
SAADI

Inspirational Knowledge Travel Wasted Wings
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
SAADI

Fear Hands Himself Jewel Thinking
When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
SAADI

Beginning Face Man Tongue Virtue
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.
SAADI

Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
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
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Advice Help Men Wisdom
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
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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God Myself Rich Satisfaction Wealth
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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Fall Family Human Humble Humility Man Son
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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Goodness Himself Ignorance Men Silence
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Deep Entertainment Friendship Wisdom
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

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