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No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.
Saadi
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All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.
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Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
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Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
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Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel is not fit for store.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Independence is of more value than any gifts and to receive gifts is to lose it.
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The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
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God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
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The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
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It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
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Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.
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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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Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.
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Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.
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He who, when he hath the power, doeth not good, when he loses the means will suffer distress. There is not a more unfortunate wretch than the oppressor for in the day of adversity nobody is his friend.
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To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
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A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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