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lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,
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saying, `This man began to build, but could not finish.'
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Or what king, marching to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
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If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
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Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
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"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?
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Neither for land nor dunghill is it of any use; they throw it away. Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"