People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
SAADIPeople are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
SAADIThe bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
SAADIThe true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
SAADIA dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.
SAADIOh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADIKeep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
SAADIWhoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
SAADIThe world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
SAADIYou who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.
SAADIVirtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADIA handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.
SAADIEvery person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.
SAADIJoy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.
SAADITake care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.
SAADIWhenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
SAADIHuman beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
SAADI