A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
SAADIJoy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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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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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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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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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
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