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Rh 119. Look at East and South in the morning, And West and North in the evening.

120. While a dying man leaves his name, And the tigers, their skins remain.

121. When a man is calm, all mouths become tranquil, Water when level, it comes to a standstill.

122. Pray can you tell me “from whence the wind commence to fly,” And “from where the rain begins suspending in the sky.”

123. One that having good luck, needs only wound his purse, Having it not, must himself be a wounded staff.

124. If one word misses its aim, A thousand will be the same.

125. The blade of knife and the handle of axe, Resemble man’s heart and instinctive chest.

126. A salad supported with plainest cake, Just what some people keenly wish to take.

127. When our sinew is stained by vinegar, Weakens the strength of our seminal valor.

128. If a promise is made to give a thing as a proof, Even thousand ingots of gold I would not remove.

129. Dragons produce dragons, and tigers leopards in them, As the superior men have their superior children.

130. What public is impartial in decision, And which generation has no learned man.

131. Fear not at your being a traitorous gang, But fear of your being a loyal clan.

132. One day becomes a match of husband and wife, Is fated specially in hundred worlds of life.

133, If a dynasty of the Sovereign’s sway is blest, In myriad generations of dukes and marquises.