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Our condition is like the darting lightning, one instant flashing and the next disappearing. Sometimes we are seated above the fourth heaven, and at other times we cannot see the back of our feet.

— Saadi Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

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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.

A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)

The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

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A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.

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Whatever is produced in haste goes easily to waste.

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