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On the Advantages of Silence

having suffered the loss of a thousand 'dinârs, 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 money, and, secondly, the joy of neighbors at our loss."

Reveal not thy grief to enemies, because they will say, Lâ haul, but rejoice.