The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
SAADIWhenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
More Saadi Quotes
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He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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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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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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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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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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