A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
SAADITwo orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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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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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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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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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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