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#3and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach; so it is with the double-tongued sinner.
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Do not fall into the grip of passion, or you may be torn apart as by a bull.
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Your leaves will be devoured and your fruit destroyed, and you will be left like a withered tree.
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Evil passion destroys those who have it, and makes them the laughingstock of their enemies.
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Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
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Let those who are friendly with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
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When you gain friends, gain them through testing, and do not trust them hastily.
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For there are friends who are such when it suits them, but they will not stand by you in time of trouble.
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And there are friends who change into enemies, and tell of the quarrel to your disgrace.