Saadi
Saadi
art archery target
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
hands use attendance
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
people forgiving favors
Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.
men enemy curls
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.
pain essence suffering
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.
break-off sight enemy
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
wise men hands
Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
fear proud haughty
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
forgiveness oppressors commendable
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.
heart generosity desire
No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.
hands feet bird
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.
should aim disciple
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
years rubies care
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.
inspirational travel wings
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.