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• God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.

  Saadi

  Men, Secret, Would Be

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.168, Innovations and Information

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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.

  Saadi

  Mean, Adversity, Suffering

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.154, Innovations and Information

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• If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

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  Heart, Sorrow, Consolation

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• So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

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  Long, Answers, Danger

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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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  Hands, Attendance, Use

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• Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

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  Wicked, Wickedness, Pity

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• To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.

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  Wise, Accomplishment, Wit

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• Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green
  At the true harvest can but glean.

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  Green, Corn, Harvest

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• But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.

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  Feet, Hands, Bird

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• Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

  Saadi

  War, Enemy, May

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.149, Innovations and Information

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• Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds

  Saadi

  Bird, World, Found

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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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  Essence, Missing, Soul

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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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  Anger, Opportunity, Hands

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• The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.

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  Men, May, Lasts

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• To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.

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  Fowl, Hunger, Turnips

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• That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

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  Cutting, People, Pearls

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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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  Fate, World, Maps

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• Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.

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  Animal, Mountain, Desert

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