He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
SAADIOh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
More Saadi Quotes
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
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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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Be not in the desire of thine own ease.
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A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.
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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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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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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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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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