"Were the diver to think on the jaws……" — Saadi
"Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl."
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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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Nine! The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. Ten! If it is lost underwater,…
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Ive been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too…
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I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed.
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The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which…
— Jean Paul
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I'm a combat diver, I've never done something like this.
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Are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of the diver,- One, when a beggar he prepares to…
— Robert Browning
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Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy…
— Nicholas G. Carr
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I always tell myself, 'Keep on fighting.' I wasn't always a good diver—I had to work my way up to…
— Unknown Author
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The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the…
— Arthur Koestler
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Satan rejoiced when Adam (peace be upon him) came out of Paradise, but he did not know that when a…
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
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How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver:…
— Rumi
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Do you wanna be a poet and write? Do you wanna be an actor up in lights? Do you wanna…
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