Saadi
Saadi
kindness compassion lust
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
heaven earth faces
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.
essence advice may
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.
practice carnegie carnegie-hall
How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.
prayer people religion
Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
ignorance notorious conversation
Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.
loud-voices doors house
Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
hands may providence
That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.
break-off sight enemy
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
long answers danger
So long as money can answer, it were wrong in any business to put the life in danger.
education capacity thrown
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
fate world maps
The covetous map explores the whole world in pursuit of a subsistence, and fate is close at his heels.
dragons rose joy
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
sleep men appreciate
When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?