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On seeing an excited person with lips shaking, eyes red and with face heated and full of perspiration, one should think him to be an object of pity as though he were attacked with fever.
22 . As anger is not excited out of mercy towards a feverish person uttering bad words, so a person speaking evil words, being under the influence of feverish anger, should be treated with pity.. .
23
. This person has many times taken birth in the vegetable kingdom and in that of pigeons (insects). Where had he lost his pride then that he does not now bear the bitter words?
Pacification pacifies the reviler, who is on the contrary, more excited by imprecations. Water extinguishes the blazing fire and not fuel, etc. which only increase it.
