Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.

Saadi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 469

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