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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.

Saadi

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Adversity Hard Time Men Prosperity Worth
Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Holy Need Starve
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Enemy Friendship Hands Men Wisdom
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
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Forgiveness Oppression Wound
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Bold Encouragement Shy
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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Himself Judgement Night Recovery Wine
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Friendship Stranger
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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Grace Men Mistake Reputation Secret Yourself
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Fear God Himself
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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Goodness Himself Ignorance Men Silence
None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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Secret True Yourself
It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Heart Oneself Person Virtue World
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
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Forgiveness Generosity God People
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Affect Appearance Eyes Heart Impression
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Art Ignorance Practice Reading Theory

Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.

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