Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
SAADIOh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
More Saadi Quotes
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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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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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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None can be so true to your secret as yourself.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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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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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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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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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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