Quotes by Saadi

• VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really.
• Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
• Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
• When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas.
• The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
• The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
• The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
• Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.
• He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
• Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
• An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
• 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.
• When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
• I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.