Saadi Quotes

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known by his pen-name Saadi, also known as Saadi of Shiraz, was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts ...more

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

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

Topic(s): Easy , Difficult , Healing

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.

Topic(s): People , Doe , Causes

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Topic(s): Want , Desire , Remedy

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

Topic(s): May , Care , Behinds

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

Topic(s): Men , Beautiful , Girl

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

Topic(s): Waste , Haste

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

Topic(s): Feels , Humans , Suffering

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Topic(s): Hands , Arms , Stronger

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

Topic(s): Together , Sorrow , Rose

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

Topic(s): Faults , Defects , Neighbour

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.

Topic(s): Moments , Care , Becoming

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Saadi Quotes