196 Quotes by Saadi

He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace be on him and his family.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.

They are very bad neighbors, ... They turned our lives into nightmares. They occupied the land, leveled our farms, demolished our houses, killed our beloved and spared no effort to attack us.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.

Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.

Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.