Top 160 Saadi Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Be not in the desire of thine own ease.”

— Saadi

52. “A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.”

— Saadi

53. “Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog’s mouth with a crumb.”

— Saadi

54. “To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.”

— Saadi

55. “Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.”

— Saadi

56. “Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.”

— Saadi

57. “Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!”

— Saadi

58. “The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.”

— Saadi

59. “Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.”

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60. “He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace be on him and his family.”

— Saadi

61. “In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.”

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62. “When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.”

— Saadi

63. “Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.”

— Saadi

64. “The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.”

— Saadi

65. “A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.”

— Saadi

66. “Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.”

— Saadi

67. “Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.”

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68. “I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.”

— Saadi

69. “Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.”

— Saadi

70. “A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.”

— Saadi

71. “I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.”

— Saadi

72. “Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.”

— Saadi

73. “He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement.”

— Saadi

74. “Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.”

— Saadi

75. “The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.”

— Saadi

76. “Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.”

— Saadi

77. “An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.”

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78. “There is no great difficulty to separate the soul from the body, but it is not so easy to restore life to the dead.”

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79. “No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.”

— Saadi

80. “Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.”

— Saadi

81. “Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.”

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82. “He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow.”

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83. “Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.”

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84. “Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.”

— Saadi

85. “The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.”

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86. “A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.”

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87. “Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.”

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88. “Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good.”

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89. “All is going well so far. There are some remarks here and there and there are some complaints here and there but we expect to resolve those questions or complaints Sunday and the next day.”

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90. “Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.”

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91. “God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.”

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92. “That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts.”

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93. “A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.”

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94. “Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.”

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95. “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.”

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96. “When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?”

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97. “That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.”

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98. “A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.”

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99. “When thou seest thine enemy in trouble, curl not thy whiskers in contempt; for in every bone there is marrow, and within every jacket there is a man.”

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100. “God preserve us! If men knew what is done in secret, no one would be free from the interference of others.”

— Saadi