Quotes Compiled - Persia-Iran


"If you have no trouble, buy a goat."
-- Persian Proverb


// Saadi Shirazii - Persian Poet, 13th Century

"Whatever is produced in haste goes easily to waste."
/ Saadi /


"Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow."
~~ Saadi Shirazi


"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance."
-- Saadi Shirazi


"A traveller without observation is a bird without wings."
/ Saadi Shirazi /


"Whoever has no patience has not wisdom."
/ Saadi Shirazi /


"He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who laboured in his fields, but dud not sow."
-- Saadi Shirazi


"A wise man will not utter every word which occurs to him."
/ Saadi Shirazi /


"Ten dervishes can sleep beneath one blanket. Two kings cannot rein in one kingdom."
-- Saadi Shirazi


"The Alchemist dies in frustration and sorrow. And the fool finds a treasure in a ruin."
-- Saadi Shirazi


"If a gem falls into the mud, it will still remain valuable. And if the dust descends to heaven, it will still be of no value."
-- Saadi Shirazi



"Green wood can be bent. But once it becomes dry, it can only be straightened by fire."
-- Saadi Shirazi


"Deep in the sea, there are riches beyond your imagination. But if you seek safety, that is at the shore."
~~ Saadi


"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."
/ Saadi ShiraSaadi Shirazii /


"Ten beggars can sleep on one rug, but two kings feel uncomfortable in one country."
/ Saadi /
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"Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house."
/ Shams Tabrizi /
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"Shams-i Tabrizi was a Persian poet, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrizi.
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Born: 1185, Tabriz, Iran
Died: 1248 (aged 62�63), Khoy, Iran
Resting place: Khoy, Iran
Occupation: Weaver, Poet, Philosopher, Teacher