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Saadi Shirazi

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known by his pen-name Saadi, also known as Saadi of Shiraz, was one of the major Persian poets and literary men of the medieval period.

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Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

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Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another?s hand.

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When a base fellow cannot vie with another in merit he will attack him with malicious slander.

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Two persons die remorseful: he who possessed and enjoyed not, and he who knew but did not practise.

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Dost thou desire that thine own heart should not suffer, redeem thou the sufferer from the bonds of misery.

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Reason is captive in the hands of the passions, as a weak man in the hands of an artful woman.

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No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.*

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The sage who engages in controversy with ignorant people must not expect to be treated with honour; and if a fool should overpower a philosopher by his loquacity it is not to be wondered at, for a common stone will break a jewel.

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Purpose without power is mere weakness and deception; and power without purpose is mere fatuity.

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Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

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When thou utterest not a word thou hast laid thy hand upon it; when thou hast uttered it, it hath laid its hand on thee.

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Affairs succeed by patience, and he that is hasty falleth headlong.

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Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer?s smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain
His lonely heart.

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Eschew that friend, if thou art wise, who consorts with thy enemies.

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Hast thou not perfect excellence, ?tis best To keep thy tongue in silence, for ?tis this Which shames a man; as lightness does attest The nut is empty, nor of value is.

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Heed not the flatterer?s fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

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If thou art a man, speak not much about thine own manliness, for not every champion driveth the ball to the goal.

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If thy garments be clean and thy heart be foul, thou needest no key to the door of hell.

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Let thy words between two foes be such that if they were to become friends thou shouldst not be ashamed.

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Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan?s industry can never get empty.

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Whoso associates with the wicked will be accused of following their ways, though their principles may have made no impression upon him; just as if a person were in the habit of frequenting a tavern, he would not be supposed to go there for prayer, but to drink intoxicating liquor.

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Whosoever hath not knowledge, and benevolence, and piety knoweth nothing of reality, and dwelleth only in semblance.

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Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.

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