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Quotations By Moslih Eddin Saadi


Caution
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you. -- Saadi

Fortune
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. -- Saadi

Humility
The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnamity of the rich.

Travel
A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.