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y began on his part the kindness should begin on ours. _Tillotson._ 345. Time, which gnaws and diminishes all things else, augments and increases benefits, because a noble action of liberality done to a man of reason doth grow continually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it. _Rabelais._ 346. Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer's smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain His lonely heart. For friendship's tones have kindlier power Than odorous fruit, or nectared bowl, To soothe, in sorrow's languid hour, The sinking soul. _Sa'di._ 347. The faults of others are easily perceived, but those of oneself are difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides as a cheat hides the false dice from the gamester. _Dhammapada._ 348. Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man. _Aristotle._ 349. Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection. _Livy._ 350. Enjoy thou the prosperity of others, Although thyself unprosperous; noble men Take pleasure in their neighbours' happiness. _Mahabharata._ 351. Neither live with a bad man nor be at enmity with him; even as if you take hold of glowing charcoal it will burn you, if you take hold of cold charcoal it will soil you. _Buddhist._ 352. In the sandal-tree are serpents, in the water lotus flowers, but crocodiles also; even virtues are marred by the vicious--in all enjoyments there is something which impairs our happiness. _Hitopadesa._ 353. There is no pleasure of life sprouting like a tree from one root but there is some pain joined to it; and again nature brings good out of evil. _Menander._ 354. The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the
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