Heed not the flatterer's fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Heed not the flatterer's fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 459

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 117

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Reason is captive in the hands of the passions, as a weak man in the hands of an artful woman.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 14

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 140

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Purpose without power is mere weakness and deception; and power without purpose is mere fatuity.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 146