Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SAADIAn enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
More Saadi Quotes
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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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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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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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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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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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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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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