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The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

Saadi

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?
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Action Book Empty Fire Himself Intellectual Learning Philosophy Study Wisdom
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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Advice Deep Prison Tree Virtue
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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Care Destroy Friendship Life Moments
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Better Dog Gratitude Men Worth
The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Desire Limitation Yourself
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Beautiful Money Worth
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
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Compassion Kindness Lust
Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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Fight Power Togetherness Unity Win
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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Oneself Reveal Secret Silence Talk
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
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Animal Guide Hairs Power Tongue
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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Best Character Charity God Humility Love Rich
The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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Friendship Stranger
Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
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Appearance Beautiful Children Intellectual Perfection Thinking
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.
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Care Expectation Himself Listening Oneself Perfection Return Voice
A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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Judgement Men Silence Talk Virtue Wisdom
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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Body Compassion Essence Human Pain Suffering Yourself

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