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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

Saadi

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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God Judgement Law Story World
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
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Appearance Deep Mindset Virtue
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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Educational Inspirational Knowledge Practice
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Hurry Wasted
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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Difference Expectation Eyes Herself Himself
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Desire Feeling Selfish
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Enemy Friendship Intelligence Secret
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience Sports
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Food God Himself Slave Worship
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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Bad Earth Face Fortune Heaven Nature
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
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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Oneself Reveal Secret Silence Talk
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Forgiveness Generosity God People
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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Difficult Easy Inspirational Patience
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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Ignorance Knowledge
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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Harmony Heart Music Togetherness
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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Change Fall Heaven Value Wisdom Worth
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Feeling Human Pain Suffering Yourself

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