O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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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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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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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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