Saadi Quotes


A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane


Citations

Saadi. The Gulistan or Rose Garden of Sa'di. Translated by Edward Rehatsek, Kama Shastra Society, 1888, p. 23.

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"Winters" is used in both a literal and metaphorical sense. The wise man must be old enough to have garnered the wisdom and he must have lived through some difficult times.


Saadi
Saadi
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  • Nationality: Iranian
  • Profession: Poet

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (Persian: ابومحمّد مصلح‌الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎), better known by his pen name Saadi (/ˈsɑːdi/; Persian: سعدی‎, romanized: Saʿdī, IPA: [sæʔˈdiː]), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" (استاد سخن ostâd-e soxan) or simply "Master" (استاد ostâd) among Persian scholars. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. Bustan has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest books of all time by The Guardian.