None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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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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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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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 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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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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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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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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