What did Saadi mean by: Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it. - Saadi Poet · Iran Copy
+ Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Saadi, Appearance, Mind, Virtue, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ 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
+ Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion. Feraz Zeid, October 18, 2023December 26, 2023, Saadi, Fight, Lions, Together, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ 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
+ Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Enemy, Mercy, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Sorrow, Together, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Fear, Proud, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
+ Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Saadi, Severe, Shyness, 0 - Saadi Poet · Iran
Prisons don’t rehabilitate, they don’t punish, they don’t protect, so what the hell do they do? - Jerry Brown
My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The gentlest man cannot live in peace if it does not please his wicked neighbor. - Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it. - Fulton J. Sheen Cleric · USA
The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison. - Fyodor Dostoevsky Writer · Russia
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
