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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Break Endurance Enemy Friendship
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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People Prayer Religion Service
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Inspirational Knowledge Travel Wasted Wings
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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Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Generosity Hands Power Strong
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Art End Enemy Learning Myself Person Target
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Enemy Kind Learning Man Religious Rule
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADI

Character Doubt Mistake Yourself
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Fake Mischief Peace Truth
Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Accomplishment Patience Ruin
Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SAADI

Fake God Saint Sin Thinking Word
Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SAADI

Beautiful End Equality Joy Sorrow Time
You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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Feeling Human Pain Suffering Yourself
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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Gold Pieces Worth

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