Saadi, Sa'adi, Sadi, or SADI may refer to:
Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.
A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!
Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean.
He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?
He taught people with his best way. He showed his beauty. He was all good so peace be on him and his family.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.
To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel is not fit for store.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow