"To him who is stinted of food a……" — Saadi
"To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl."
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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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More Boiled Quotes
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one of 121 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.
— John Banville
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My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds, so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new…
— Jo Brand
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The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion;…
— Julie Burchill
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I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons…
— Jimmy Carter
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Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so…
— Maya Angelou
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But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the…
— J. B. Priestley
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When boiled down to its essence, unforgiveness is hatred.
— John R. Rice
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In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior.…
— Christopher Hitchens
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I have to have breakfast and breakfast has to be eggs, whether in omelet form, hard-boiled, or over-easy,
— Chrissy Teigen
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Really, all religious teachings can be boiled down to: “Just be cool. Don’t be an asshole.
— Nick Offerman
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It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up…
— Mel Smith
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