A merchant, having suffered loss of a thousand dinars, enjoined his son not to reveal it to anyone. The boy said: ’It is thy order and I shall not tell it but thou must inform me of the utility of this proceeding and of the propriety of concealment.’ He replied: ’For fear the misfortune would be double; namely, the loss of the money and, secondly, the joy of neighbours at our loss.’
Reveal not thy grief to enemies
Because they will say ’La haul’ but rejoice.
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Chicago: Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi, "Story 2," The Gulistan of Sa’di Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2FI1TBWMGC4VT9.
MLA: Shirazi, Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di. "Story 2." The Gulistan of Sa’di, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2FI1TBWMGC4VT9.
Harvard: Shirazi, SM, 'Story 2' in The Gulistan of Sa’di. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2FI1TBWMGC4VT9.