Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
SAADIWhoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
More Saadi Quotes
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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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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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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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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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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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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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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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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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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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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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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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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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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