About This Video
Saadi says: I once told a friend, “I’ve grown silent most of the time, because whenever we speak, both good and bad may slip out — and the eyes of enemies see only the bad.” My friend replied, “Then such enemies are better off blind — for they see no good in anything.” And Saadi adds these verses: The man of hatred passes not by the righteous, without calling him a liar or a fool. Virtue, in the eyes of envy, appears as vice. Saadi is a rose — but to his enemies, he’s a thorn. The radiant light of the sun itself looks ugly to the eyes of a blind bat.