What did Saadi mean by: If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless. - Saadi Poet · Iran Copy
+ Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away! Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Forgiveness, Forgiving, Prayer, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure. Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Saadi, Beauty, Good Woman, Jewels, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Greed, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Aim, Disciple, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Art, Truth, Wise, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Archery, Art, Target, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Saadi, Haste, Waste, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Pearls, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. - Jeff Cooper Firearms instructor and author
