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When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest too, and be comforted for him when his spirit has departed.
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The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure; only the one who has little business can become wise.
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How can one become wise who handles the plow, and who glories in the shaft of a goad, who drives oxen and is occupied with their work, and whose talk is about bulls?
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He sets his heart on plowing furrows, and he is careful about fodder for the heifers.
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So it is with every artisan and master artisan who labors by night as well as by day; those who cut the signets of seals, each is diligent in making a great variety; they set their heart on painting a lifelike image, and they are careful to finish their work.