Quotes from Saadi

He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

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

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

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

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

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

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.

A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop makes an inundation.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

From the Gulistan Be not over much angry with thy slave; Treat him not unjustly, and pain not his feelings. True, thou mayst have bought him for ten direms; But 'twas not by thy power that he was created. There is a tradition of the Prophet--peace be upon him!--that on the day of the resurrection the greatest grief will be when the pious slave is carried to Paradise, and his worthless master is borne away to Hell.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.