What did Saadi mean by: The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man. - Saadi Poet · Iran Copy
+ He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Contempt, Fruit, Labor, 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
+ 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 a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles? Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Appreciate, Sleep, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Education, Knowledge, 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
+ Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Dog, Mouths, Wicked, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
