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.
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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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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