Saadi Quotes

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.

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

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

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

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

Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.

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

Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.

Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.

God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.

Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

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

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

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

Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

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

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

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

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

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds

To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.

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

To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

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

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

Now that another is suffering pain at thy hand, trust not that thy heart shall be exempt from affliction.

Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.

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

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

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

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

I will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos.

I contact Allah the Holy the Merciful on a daily basis.

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

The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.

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.

If wisdom was to cease throughout the world, no one would suspect himself of ignorance.

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

We don't know something called elections in Libya. We are a muslim country. We don't know something called colonialism and political parties.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

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

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

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

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.