Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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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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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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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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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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