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

Saadi

A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Fake Mischief Peace Truth
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Appearance Beautiful Children Intellectual Perfection Thinking
Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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Character Doubt Mistake Yourself
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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Action Book Empty Fire Himself Intellectual Learning Philosophy Study Wisdom
Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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Appearance Deep Mindset Virtue
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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Inspirational Knowledge Travel Wasted Wings
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
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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Dog Forget Friendship Himself
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Enemy Himself Kill Mercy
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
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
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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God Wisdom Worth
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Hurry Wasted
If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
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Change Fall Heaven Value Wisdom Worth
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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Deep Entertainment Friendship Wisdom
Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Company Intelligence Need Society
Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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Failure Man Secret Yourself
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
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Book Heart Learning Reading Tree
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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Healing Lying Scars Truth Wound
All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Dog Goodness Talk
Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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Happiness Sex Voice Woman
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
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Book Carry Learning Library Stupidity
I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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Fear God Himself Intellectual Myself
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Appearance Face Heart Keys Love Wound

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