No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Hitopadesa, (NA 500-NA), Indian collection; The Hitopadesa [Book of Good Counsel] is an ancient Sanskrit text dating to 500 AD based on stories from the Panchatantra.