A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
SAADIWhen 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.
More Saadi Quotes
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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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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Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.
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Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
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Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
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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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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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Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
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You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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