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A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
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Saadi Shirazi
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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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The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.
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