Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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More Saadi Quotes
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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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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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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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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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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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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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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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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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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind 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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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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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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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