Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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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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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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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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