A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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The 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 peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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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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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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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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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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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 little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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