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122. I counsel thee, etc.
A good man attract to thee
in pleasant converse;
and salutary speech learn while thou livest.
123. I counsel thee, etc.
With thy friend
be thou never
first to quarrel.
Care gnaws the heart,
if thou to no one canst
thy whole mind disclose.
124. I counsel thee, etc.
Words thou never
shouldst exchange
with a witless fool;
125. For from an ill-conditioned man
thou wilt never get
a return for good;
but a good man will
bring thee favour
by his praise.
126. There is a mingling of affection,
where one can tell
another all his mind.
Everything is better
than being with the deceitful.
He is not another's friend
who ever says as he says.
127. I counsel thee, etc.
Even in three words
quarrel not with a worse man:
often the better yields,
when the worse strikes.
128. I counsel thee, etc.
Be not a shoemaker,
nor a shaftmaker,
unless for thyself it be;
for a shoe if ill made,
or a shaft if crooked,
will call down evil on thee.
129. I counsel thee, etc.
Wherever of injury thou knowest,
regard that injury as thy own;
and give to thy foes no peace.
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