The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
SAADIReveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
More Saadi Quotes
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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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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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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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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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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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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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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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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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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