"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; when it is full, the spirit becomes body."
— Saadi

January 1, 1970

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AphoristsPoets from PersiaMuslims from IranPeople from ShirazPersian-language poets
Original Language: English

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Quoted in R. W. Emerson's Preface to Francis Gladwin, The Gulistan or Rose Garden (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865) p. x