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211. The gracious expect no return when they oblige : how ever can the world repay the rain-cloud ?

212. The substance gathered in by the worthy by the labour of their hands is all for others' use.

213. A better thing than a gracious complaisance cannot be had either here or in heaven.

214. He alone liveth who knoweth what is proper : he who knoweth not what is fitting shall be classed with the dead.

215. Behold the village tank filled with water to its brim : like unto it is the prosperity of the wise man that loveth the world. Rh