Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
SAADITake 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.
More Saadi Quotes
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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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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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
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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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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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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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I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
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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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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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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