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• Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

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  Deeds, Holiness, Flesh

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• The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

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  Heaven, Earth, Faces

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• Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

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  Prayer, People, Religion

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• To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

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  Pardon, Tyranny, Deals

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• The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Men, Sea

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• Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

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  Wisdom, Islamic, Thee

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• O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.

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  Contentment, Wealth, Rich

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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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  Pain, Compassion, Essence

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• When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?

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  Sleep, Men, Appreciate

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• Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

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  Soul, Mind, Body

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• God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

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  Sleep, Order, Giving

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• Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

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  Haste, Waste

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• Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

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  Ignorance, Men, Silence

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.155, Innovations and Information

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• Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

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  Tree, Wicked, Prison

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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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  Kindness, Anger, People

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• The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

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  Fall, Humble, Humility

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• The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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  Hands, Generosity, Stronger

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• Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" He replied: "He was fortunate who ate and sowed, and he was unfortunate who died without having enjoyed.

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  Wise, Men, Comfort

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.147, Innovations and Information

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• A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

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  Mingling, Mischief, Stirring

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• Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

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  Dog, Wicked, Mouths

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• Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

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  Fear, Thinking, Sharks

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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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  Son, Names, Essence

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• Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

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  Two, Voice, Perfection

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.153, Innovations and Information

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• The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

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  Heart, Musical, Harmony

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• A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

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  Adversity, Men, Prosperity

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