Sadi of Shiraz
Quotes by Sadi of Shiraz
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He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
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Had but my deeds been like my words, ah, then I had been numbered too with holy men.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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Take warning in the mischance of others, that others may not take warning of thine.
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The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah.
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Oh friend! Exercise humility to a stern enemy, For gentleness makes blunt the cutting sword.
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There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
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Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy.
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Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.
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Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.
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To the eye of enmity, virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
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Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.
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There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee.
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.
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Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence, and if he knew this, he would no longer be ignorant.
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A tyrant does not remain in the world; But the curse on him abides forever!
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