It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
SAADIWhatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
More Saadi Quotes
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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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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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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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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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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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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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I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.
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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.
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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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Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
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