Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
SAADIBetter is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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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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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.
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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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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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