Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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SaadiSaadi Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.
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SaadiSaadi A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SaadiSaadi Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SaadiSaadi A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
SaadiSaadi Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.
SaadiSaadi Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
SaadiSaadi Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.
SaadiSaadi To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
SaadiSaadi Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
SaadiSaadi Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
SaadiSaadi The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
SaadiSaadi Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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