Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
SAADIPublish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
More Saadi Quotes
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Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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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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When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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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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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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A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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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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People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
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However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
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When 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.
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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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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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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.
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The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
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Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
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