"Whoever recounts to you the faults of your……" — Saadi
"Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others."
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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
— Saint Basil
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are…
— Chaz Bono
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects…
— Albert Camus
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I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.
— Roberto Cavalli
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I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I…
— Hugo Chavez
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather…
— Margaret Halsey
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