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Saadi Quotes

1210–1290 Iran

Saadi (Persian: سعدی, romanized: Saʿdī), also known as Saadi of Shiraz (born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the Islamic Golden Age. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.

Iran
Poets

Also known as: Saadi Shirazi

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Each is bounded by his nature,
And remains the same in stature,
In the valley, on the mountain:
Scoop from ocean or from fountain
With a poor hand or a richer,
You can only fill your pitcher.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

Two persons take trouble in vain, and use fruitless endeavors, — he who acquires wealth without enjoying it, and he who is taught wisdom but does not practice it. How much soever you may study science, when you do not act wisely you are ignorant. The beast whom they load with books is not profoundly learned and wise; what knoweth his empty skull whether he carrieth firewood or books?

A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)

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