To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SAADIHowever 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?
More Saadi Quotes
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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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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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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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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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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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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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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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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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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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