Šta je jezik sred ustiju, kaž'te mudri ljudi?
- Sadi
Šta je jezik sred ustiju, kaž'te mudri ljudi?
- Sadi
Šta je jezik sred ustiju, kaž'te mudri ljudi?
- Sadi
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity till he has tasted adversity.
— Sa'di
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
— Sa'di
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
— Sa'di
They asked Lucman the fabulist From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly.
— Sadi
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
— Sa'di
The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.
— Sa'di
If thou covetest riches ask not but for contentment which is an immense treasure.
— Sa'di
If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left Sell one and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.
— Sadi
Whoever has his foe at his mercy and does not kill him is his own enemy.
— Sa'di