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The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father  (Saadi Quotes) To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise  (Saadi Quotes) However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant  (Saadi Quotes) 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  (Saadi Quotes) Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance  (Saadi Quotes) It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy  (Saadi Quotes) An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases it's enmity  (Saadi Quotes) The beloved of the Almighty are: The rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich  (Saadi Quotes) Another famous poem focuses on the oneness of mankind, and is used to grace the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers  (Saadi Quotes) A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head  (Saadi Quotes) Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out thy foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind  (Saadi Quotes) Whoever is aware of his own failing will not find fault with the failings of other men  (Saadi Quotes) He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller and stranger  (Saadi Quotes) Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence, and if he knew this he would no longer be ignorant  (Saadi Quotes) Give nobody's heart pain so long as thou canst avoid it, for one sigh may set a whole world into a flame  (Saadi Quotes) Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practise it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown  (Saadi Quotes) To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain  (Saadi Quotes) The wind footed steed is broken down in his speed, whilst the camel driver jogs on with his beast to the end of his journey  (Saadi Quotes) The superannuated bawd feels no hesitation in forswearing fornication, nor the displaced police magistrate in foregoing oppression  (Saadi Quotes) The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets  (Saadi Quotes) He who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books  (Saadi Quotes) If thou art of elephant strength or of lion claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife  (Saadi Quotes) The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it  (Saadi Quotes) Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them  (Saadi Quotes) Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it  (Saadi Quotes) Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer carpet  (Saadi Quotes) To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince  (Saadi Quotes) If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, and from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, sell one, and with the dole buy hyacinths to feed thy soul  (Saadi Quotes) 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  (Saadi Quotes) If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in it's place  (Saadi Quotes)
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