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192  Oh, may no evil e'er befall
 * The lion-man who loves his kind,

Who practices a silent vow
 * When others' faults are in his mind.

"Ah, one must use great circumspection in making acquaintances. As the proverb says:

"Yes, your efforts have tended to the destruction not only of your own family, but, toward the last, of the master too. Since you reduce your own master to this state, other persons mean no more to you than withered grass. As the saying goes:

"How was that?" asked Victor. And Cheek told the story of

 

In a certain town lived a merchant named Naduk, who lost his money and determined to travel abroad. For

The meanest of mankind is he
 * Who, having lost his money, can

