Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
SAADIO Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
More Saadi Quotes
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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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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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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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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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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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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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.
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If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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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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