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

Saadi

I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Journey Lost Men Myself Path See Straight Struggle
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
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Desire Feeling Selfish
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Body Empty Mindset See Soul Wisdom
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
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Appearance Jewel Treasure Woman Worth
However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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Action Book Empty Fire Himself Intellectual Learning Philosophy Study Wisdom
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
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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Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
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
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
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
He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Escape Fruit Himself Live

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