"If thou covetest riches, ask not but for……" — Saadi
"If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure."
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107 Quotes by Saadi
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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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