When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
SAADIThe bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
More Saadi Quotes
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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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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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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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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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 has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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