Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
SAADIIf a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
More Saadi Quotes
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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