"He who learns the rules of wisdom, without……" — Saadi
"He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow"
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107 Quotes by Saadi
Saadi has 107 quotes on this site.
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When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them…
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Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.
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He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.
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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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Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.
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Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
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There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore…
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that…
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of…
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A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains,…
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your…
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I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.
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I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't…
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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything…
— J. G. Ballard
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I don't care much about conforming.
— Mayim Bialik
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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those…
— David Bohm
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The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that…
— Harry Browne
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To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger…
— Steven Brust
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I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.
— Sandra Bullock
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
— Thomas Jefferson
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...I believe that it is not enough, as I said, to tinker at the margins of U.S. immigration law... the…
— Ronald Reagan
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Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something…
— Sun Tzu
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I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end…
— Bill Maher
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