To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
SAADIJoy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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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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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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