Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SAADIDo to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
More Saadi Quotes
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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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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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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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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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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