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Quotes from Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient — Saadi

1210–1290 Iran

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He only has drunk the pure wine of unity who has forgotten, by remembering God, all else in both worlds.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

A return of good for good is a slight reciprocity; but the true recompense is to confer benefits on him who has injured thee.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

To pious minds, each verdant leaf displays
A volume teeming with the Almighty’s praise.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

The wise man never heard a joke
But living wisdom from it broke;
The fool no wisdom ever learned
But it in him to folly turned.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

O brothers, Mecca is in front, and robbers in the rear. By proceeding, we escape; and, if we sleep, we die.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

Our condition is like the darting lightning, one instant flashing and the next disappearing. Sometimes we are seated above the fourth heaven, and at other times we cannot see the back of our feet.

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

"How hast thou so profound a lore attained?"
"To ask another, I was ne’er ashamed."

Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

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)

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