A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SAADIThere is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
More Saadi Quotes
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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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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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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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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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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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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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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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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