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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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  Soul, Body, Spirituality

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• The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

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  No Friends, Stranger, Foreigners

  "Gulistan". Book by Saadi Shirazi (translated by James Ross), ch. 3, story 28, 1258.

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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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• Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

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  Desire, Selfishness, Ease

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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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• Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.

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  Education, Capacity, Thrown

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.159, Innovations and Information

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• He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

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  Suffering Of Others, Indifference, Traitor

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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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• A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.

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  Beauty, Littles, Wealth

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• A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

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  Heart, Keys, Lovely

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• However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

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  Art, Ignorance, Practice

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• That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.

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  Hands, May, Providence

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• Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

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  Secret, Intelligence, Enemy

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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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• He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

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  God, Worship, Slave

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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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• Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

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  Enemy, Doe, Mercy

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• Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.

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  Independence, Loses, Values

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• The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.

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  Judging, Stories, World

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• Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

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  Confidence, Secret, May

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• He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

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  Wine, Night, Judgement

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.111, Innovations and Information

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• Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

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  Forgiveness, Prayer, Forgiving

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• Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

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  People, Forgiving, Favors

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• He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.

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  Book, Learning, Use

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• Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, the meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners.

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  Travel, Heart, Cities

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