- The wife of a dervish had become enceinte and when the time of her confinement was at hand, the dervish who had no child during all his life said: ‘If God the mby Sa di 5 lines
- A faqih had a very ugly daughter and when she attained puberty no one was inclined to marry her in spite of her dowry and wealth.
Bad is the brocaby Sa di 5 lines - Do not pity the weakness of a foe because when he gains strength he will not spare thee.
Boast not of thy moustaches when thou seest thy foe is weby Sa di 3 lines, 1 comment - A caravan having been plundered in the Yunan country and deprived of boundless wealth, the merchants wept and lamented, beseeching God and the prophet to intercby Sa di 12 lines
- It is written in the Evangel: ‘O son of Adam, if I give thee riches, thou wilt turn away from me with mundane cares, and if I make thee poor thou wilt sit downby Sa di 5 lines
- A padshah asked a hermit: ‘How spendest thou thy precious time?’ He replied: ‘I am all night engaged in prayer, during the morning in supplications and the restby Sa di 9 lines
- I saw a holy man on the seashore who had been wounded by a tiger. No medicine could relieve his pain; he suffered much but he nevertheless constantly thanked Goby Sa di 0 lines
- Hormuzd, being asked what fault the veziers of his father had
committed that he imprisoned them, replied: 'I discovered no fault.by Sa di 12 lines - The life of a king was drawing to a close and he had no successor. He ordered in his last testament that the next morning after his death the first person enterby Sa di 15 lines
- An illustrious scholar, who was the tutor of a royal prince, had the habit of striking him unceremoniously and treating him severely. The boy, who could no longby Sa di 11 lines
- Laudation to the God of majesty and glory! Obedience to him is a cause of approach and gratitude in increase of benefits. Every inhalation of the breath prolongby Sa di 48 lines
- A weak foe, who professes submission and shows friendship, has no other object than to become a strong enemy. It has been said that as the friendship of friendsby Sa di 1 lines, 2 comments
- Nothing is better for an ignorant man than silence, and if he were to consider it to be suitable, he would not be ignorant.
If thou possessest not thby Sa di 15 lines - If I rub my face on the ground,
My new moon would rise in the skies,by Yunus Emre 21 lines - It is contrary to what is proper, and against the opinion of to partake of medicine by guess and to go after a caravan without seeing the road. The Imam Murshidby Sa di 5 lines
- A merchant, having suffered loss of a thousand dinars, enjoined his son not to reveal it to anyone. The boy said: ‘It is thy order and I shall not tell it but tby Sa di 3 lines
- Subhan Vail is considered to have had no equal in rhetorics because he had addressed an assembly during a year and had not repeated the same word but, when theby Sa di 5 lines
- Strike the head of a serpent with the hand of a foe because one of two advantages will result. If the enemy succeeds thou hast killed the snake and if the latteby Sa di 1 lines, 1 comment
- One year I travelled from Balkh with Damascenes and the road being full of danger on account of robbers, a young man accompanied us as an escort. He was expertby Sa di 19 lines
- Two sons of amirs were in Egypt, the one acquiring science, the other accumulating wealth, till the former became the ullemma of the period and the other the prby Sa di 5 lines, 1 comment
- A grain dealer to whom Sufis were owing some money asked them for it every day in the town of Waset and used harsh language towards them. The companions had becby Sa di 5 lines
- One of the philosophers forbade his son to eat much because repletion keeps people ailing. The boy replied: ‘O father, it is hunger that kills. Hast thou not heby Sa di 7 lines
- A sage was asked: ‘Of so many notable, high and fertile trees which God the most high has created, not one is called free, except the cypress, which bears no frby Sa di 5 lines
- One of the sheikhs of Syria, being asked on the true state of the Sufis, replied: \by Sa di 5 lines
- Two men died, bearing away their grief. One had possessed wealth and not enjoyed it, the other knowledge and not practised it.
No one sees an excellby Sa di 5 lines - The padshah is to remove oppressors; the police, murderers; and the qazi to hear complaints about thieves; but two enemies willing to agree to what is right wilby Sa di 5 lines
- Whoever does not listen to advice will have occasion to hear reproof.
If admonition enters not thy earby Sa di 3 lines - If you break a true believer's heart once,
It's no prayer to God-this obeisance,by Yunus Emre 21 lines
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