Two kinds of people, we are advised, suffered in vain and let their efforts go to waste: the one who saved but did not eat, and the one who learned but never acted.
As much knowledge as you might study,
If there is no action within you,
You know nothing.
From Sa'adi's "Golestan". An excerpt of this poem appeared in the fourth grade text book in Iran.
When You Save But Don't Eat
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