It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
SAADIIt’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.
SAADIWhatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.
SAADIWere the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
SAADIThe remedy against want is to moderate your desires.
SAADIDo to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
SAADIA man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.
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.
SAADITwo orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
SAADIBetter is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
SAADIA grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
SAADIPeople are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
SAADITo pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
SAADIWhen a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wickedness he begins to slander. The abject envious wretch will slander the virtuous man when absent, but when brought face to face his loquacious tongue becomes dumb.
SAADIWhatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
SAADIThere is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
SAADITo 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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