Saadi Quotes - Page 2

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant

Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane

Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.

He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.

A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.