Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
SAADIKings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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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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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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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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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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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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