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.
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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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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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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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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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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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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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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