If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.
SAADIHe 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.
More Saadi Quotes
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Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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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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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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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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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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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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No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
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Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
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Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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