A Quote by Saadi
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.
Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie.
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.
Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy.
Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year.
What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He is happy with things as they are and he doesn't torment himself. What is a pessimist? The man who says, "Things are fine everywhere but here. Everyone else is better off than we are. We're the only ones who've had a bad break." He torments himself continually.
A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
I'm a damned sight smarter than Grant; I know more about organization, supply and administration and about everything else than he does; but I'll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don't care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight but it scares me like hell.
I think that one of the things that has changed the perception is that there are so many more single people. In New York City, it's 47 percent. When you have that many people who are single, they have a bigger voice and they're more willing to speak and say, 'We're not miserable, we're not sitting at home waiting for Mr. or Ms. Right, we're having a good time.' And I think single people have better friendships.
In old movies, the cinematography is a thousand times better than anything today. Writing, a thousand times better.
Men think that it is impossible for a human being to love his enemies, for enemies are hardly able to endure the sight of one another. Well, then, shut your eyes--and your enemy looks just like your neighbor.
Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break anyway.
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