196 Quotes by Saadi

Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean.

In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.

If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.

Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband.

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

The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.

The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.

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

That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.