Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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More Saadi Quotes
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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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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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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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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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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