Gulistan of Saadi On Love and Youth  Story 2   It is said that a gentleman possessed a slave of exquisite beauty, whom he regarded...

Gulistan of Saadi On Love and Youth  Story 1   Hasan Maimundi was asked that, as the Sultan Mahmud possesses so many beautiful slaves, each...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 14   A fellow with a disagreeable voice happened to be reading the Quran, when a...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 13   A man used to shout superfluous calls to prayers in the mosque of Sinjar...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 12   A preacher imagined his miserable voice to be pleasing and raised useless shouts, thou...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 11   An astrologer, having entered his own house, saw a stranger and, getting angry, began...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 10   A poet went to an amir of robbers and recited a panegyric but he...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 9   I was hesitating in the conclusion of a bargain for the purchase of a...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 8   Several officials of Sultan Mahmud asked Hasan Muimandi one day what the sultan had...

Gulistan of Saadi On the Advantages of Silence  Story 7   I heard a philosopher say that no one has ever made a confession of...