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 206. Whoso desireth not to be saddened by ills, let him abstain from doing injury to others.

207. There is a way of escape from every other enemy: but ill deeds never die but pursue and destroy their author.

208. As the shadow leaveth not a man but doggeth his steps wherever he goeth, even so do evil deeds pursue their author and work his destruction.

209. If a man love his own self, let him not incline toward evil in any degree.

210. Know that man to be secure from ills who leaveth not the straight path in order to commit wrong.

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