O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
SAADIA little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
More Saadi Quotes
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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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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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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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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