Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SAADIVirtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
More Saadi Quotes
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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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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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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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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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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