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Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 09

I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase of a house when a Jew said: ‘Buy it for I am one of the landholders of this ward. Ask me for a description of the house as it is and it has no defect. ’ I replied: ‘Except that thou art the neighbour of it. ’ A house which has a neighbour like thee Is worth ten dirhems of a deficient standard But the hope must be entertained That after thy death it will be worth a thousand. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)