Saadi
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Saadi (سعدی in Persian) (English name: Mushrif-ud-Din Abdullah) (1184 - 1283/1291?) was a Persian poet, a native of Shiraz, Persia. There is some discrepancy about the date of his death, but he may have died a centenarian.
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- 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.
- Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
- He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
- I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.
- The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
- To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
- The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
- When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
- 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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