To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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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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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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