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.
SAADIWhatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
More Saadi Quotes
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.
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Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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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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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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