Top 100 Saadi Quotes

#1. No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.

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#2. I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.

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#3. Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

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#4. An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

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

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#6. The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.

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#7. Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.

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#8. He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.

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#9. He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

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#10. A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

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#11. None can be so true to your secret as yourself.

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#12. Whenever thy hand can reach it, tear out the foe's brain, for such an opportunity washes anger from the mind.

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#13. However much you study, you cannot know without action.
A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.
Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

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#14. If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

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#15. Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

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#16. The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

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#17. I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

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#18. To 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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#19. Human 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

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#20. There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

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#21. Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" He replied: "He was fortunate who ate and sowed, and he was unfortunate who died without having enjoyed.

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#22. Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

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#23. To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl.

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#24. The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

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#25. Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

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

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

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#28. Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

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#29. The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

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#30. The 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.

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#31. The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

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#32. All is going well so far. There are some remarks here and there and there are some complaints here and there but we expect to resolve those questions or complaints Sunday and the next day.

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#33. That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.

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#34. If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

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#35. The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.

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#36. Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

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#37. Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

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#38. Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

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#39. But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.

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#40. No person learned the art of archery from me,
who did not in the end make me his target.

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#41. There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.

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#42. Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.

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#43. When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas.

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

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#45. The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

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#46. When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.

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#47. Where the hand of tyranny is long we do not see the lips of men open with laughter.

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#48. Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.

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#49. Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

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#50. It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

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#51. Posion kills only where there is no antidote.

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#52. Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience.

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#53. Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

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#54. God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

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#55. Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

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#56. A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

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#57. That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.

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#58. If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.

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#59. To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

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#60. Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

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#61. The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

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#62. Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant

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

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#64. Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

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

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#66. A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

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

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#68. O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.

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#69. A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

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#70. When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.

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#71. Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

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#72. The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

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#73. A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

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#74. I have often found a small stream at its fountain-head, that, when followed up, carried away the camel with his load.

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#75. When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

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#76. Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

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

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#78. Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.

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#79. The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

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#80. He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.

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#81. 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

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#82. If a piece of worthless stone can bruise a cup of gold, its worth is not increased, nor that of the gold diminished.

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#83. However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

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

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#85. He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.

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#86. All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.

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#87. The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

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#88. Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!

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

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#90. Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

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#91. I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

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#92. So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.

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#93. Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

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#94. A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby - take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.

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#95. A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

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#96. When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?

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#97. You can have a zillion nothings and still have nothing

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#98. Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.

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#99. Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

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#100. In the sea there are countless treasures,
But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

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