Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
SAADIThe remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
More Saadi Quotes
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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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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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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Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
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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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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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