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Even being tarnished by the wicked person, the goodnatured virtuous man becomes more pure, just as being tarnished by the ashes, the mirror (becomes more clean).
The virtuous man does not anger, if he angers, he does not think evil; if he thinks evil, he does not speak evil, if he speaks evil, he becomes embarrassed.
Association with the virtuous men takes away our suffering, speaking, they bestow on us all pleasures. This auspicious thing has been done by the providence that virtuous men have been created by him in the world.
The virtuous persons do not laugh at others, they do not extol themselves, they speak hundreds of lovable things, this is the nature of virtuous persons. Salutations to those persons (again and again).
On having been done good by others, and on even having not been done good by others, persons doing good to others are seen in the world. But even on having been done evil by others, those virtuous persons who do good to others, are rare.
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