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48*5) A good (self-respecting) person, even when reduced to poverty, would resort to a forest but would never utter an abject word. Even though standing on the threshold of death, he would not be prepared to sell away (barter) the extremely valu-able jewel of self-respect.
5. The Section on the Wicked 64*1) “That house, that shrine (temple), that royal palace does not exist (anywhere in the world), where one does not find (come across) two or three villains (wicked people), who get angry without any reason.
64*2) Lo and behold the advantage secured by sesamum oil on parting company with the dregs (separated as cakes from the oil), in that it finds a place on a (great, eminent) king's head perfumed with fragrant musk.
64*3) Blessed (indeed) are the deaf and the blind. Both of them alone live in a real sense) in this world of human beings, for they are spared the hearing of the utterances of wicked (faultfinding, tale-bearing) people and are saved from the sight of the prosperity (opulence) of the wicked.
64*4) Strange is the behaviour of the wicked, who speak in a sweet, flattering manner only in the beginning, but who turn their faces away as soon as their self-interest (selfish object) is served (achieved) and who are therefore comparable with dogs in their sexual intercourse (with bitches).
64*5) Noble-minded persons feel embarrassed when their exploits (achievements) are revealed and their noble qualities (virtues) are glorified (by others). But others (i.e. ordinary persons) are so delighted even when they are unjustifiably praised, that they cannot be contained within themselves (i.e. their joy is boundless).
6. The Section on Friendship 72*1) The food (stream, current) of the divine river (Ganges), the height of the Vața tree and the commitments made (undertakings given) by righteous people-all these are small (or
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