Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
SAADIOh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.
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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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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
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When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?
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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
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In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.
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A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
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Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
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A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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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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Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.
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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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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
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