What did Saadi mean by: Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant - Saadi Poet · Iran Copy
+ To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Accomplish, Wise, Wit, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Fear, Sharks, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Hands, Wise, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Saadi, Appearance, Mind, Virtue, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Obedience, Obedient, Rulers, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ To him who is stinted of food a boiled turnip will relish like a roast fowl. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Hunger, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Book, Learn, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ It is safer to be silent than to reveal one’s secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Secrecy, Secret, Silent, 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
