Sheikh Saddi and His Teaching

Sheikh Saddi was a great poet. He used to put on simple dress. Once he took shelter in the house of a nobleman. The nobleman could not recognize him and treated him as an ordinary man. On his way back home, Saddi again took shelter in the same nobleman's house. This time he put on gorgeous dress. The man received him cordially and entertained him rich and delicious foods. Saddi began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress. The man was surprised to see this. They asked, "Why are you putting the foods in your drees?" Saddi replied, "My drees deserves this food." The nobleman understood his fault and begged the poet's pardon.