Saadi

Books by Saadi

Black Orpheus
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Quotes by Saadi

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?
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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?
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He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears him not.
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A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayest afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
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Oppose kindness to perverseness. The heavy sword will not cut soft silk; by using sweet words and gentleness you may lead an elephant with a hair.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
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To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
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They asked Lucman, the Fabulist, From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.
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I shall drink with joy the cup of sorrow because my Beloved is the cup-bearer.
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Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.
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