196 Quotes by Saadi

Though someday we may become as eloquent as Sahban, but we might also miss the essence of the Forgiving One.

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.

Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

Astride a horse I am not, nor camel-like carry a load, Subjects I have none, nor follow any sultan's code; I worry not for what exists, nor fret for what is lost, I breathe with extreme ease, and live at very little cost.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

Inflict not on an enemy every injury in your power, for he may afterwards become your friend.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow