When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
SAADIWhenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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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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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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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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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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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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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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