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?
SAADIWhoever 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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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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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 grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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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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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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