Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
SAADIWhatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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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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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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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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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
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Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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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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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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