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.
SaadiKings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
SaadiRoam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.
SaadiNow that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.
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