Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
SAADIBe generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
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Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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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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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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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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