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Rh 74. When a student does not know the proper usage. He had better sleep away with his stretched legs.

75. One who can speak, speak readily at banquets. If can’t, speak at home of all discourse and chats.

76. What one say may thereby be a falsehood, But speech of hundred men must be a truth.

77. In time of sorrow you lie at Budha’s [sic] feet, But when at leisure, off Budh aloof you keep.

78. The Magistrate has his proper jurisdiction, And the common people their private agreements.

79. When in time we stand in need of, brothers are brothers, But ferry fare is wanted when cross’d o’er the rivers.

80. A wise by himself decides his personal judgment, But fools are decided by the public precedent.

81. While fishes past the water becomes glossy, And when the bird flies its feather drops haply.

82. Not chaunt in the front of people, But singing while going on stool.

83. By capacity a matrimony is celebrated And a damsel of equal match by rites may be united.

84. When three men walking together, There must have our model teacher.

85. In a family, an eldest son is patronized, And in Kingdom, Prime Minister is aggrandized.

86. If there is high mountain, connects deep seas, When the earth is sterile, produces poor trees, and comprises of men without dainties.

87. Unmarried, a woman obeys her father’s command, When married, she meets with her husbands’ inclination.

88. Tiang-an may be a happy city dome. But it won’t do for a permanent home.