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One should confide neither in an enemy nor a friend; when a friend becomes angry he makes known all your faults.

He who once becomes angry with a friend and wishes to be reconciled, he follows him even unto death, like a mare pregnant with a Tarâ colt.

Until the time (for vengeance) has not arrived, one might carry his enemy on his shoulders; the time having come, he should break him to pieces like a jar on a rock.

A debt balance as well as a remaining fire increases repeatedly; so also increases remaining enmity: one should, therefore, have nothing remaining.