God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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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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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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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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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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