Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADIWhen a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
More Saadi Quotes
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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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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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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