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Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. — Men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.

— Saadi A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)

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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.

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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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