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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?

Saadi

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
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
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
SAADI

Advice Help Men Wisdom
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Forgiveness Generosity God People
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Deal Harsh Oppression Sorry
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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Dog Forget Friendship Himself
Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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Creation Essence Human Pain Soul Sympathy Uncomfortable Yourself
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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Gold Pieces Worth
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
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
SAADI

Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
SAADI

Bold Encouragement Shy
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
SAADI

Animal Eat Excellence Men Praise Sleep
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
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Bad Disturb God Goodness Sleep
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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God Judgement Law Story World
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
SAADI

Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom

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