It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
SAADIWhen a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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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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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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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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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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