Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADIO wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
More Saadi Quotes
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
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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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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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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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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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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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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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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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