He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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.
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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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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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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