Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SaadiIn the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.
SaadiBut 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.
SaadiThere is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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