77 quotes found
“Of whom can we think well when it is believed that if nothing bad is done to you, this has been a kindness?”
“Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.”
“When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.”
“No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.”
“Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.”
“The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.”
“Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire even when no fire ensued.”
“Man has less than he suspects of: Time, Friends, Hopes, Qualities.Proverb”
“A stolen kiss is not easily returned.”
“You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.”
“Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.”
“What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.”
“No colour comes after black.”
“Learning without action is like wax without honey.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)”
“THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest MindThe heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)”
“Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.”
“The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round.”
“Rust through washing never became white.”
“No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.”
“If you have two shirts, sell one and with the money buy a flower.”
