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 216. Like unto a fruit-tree in the middle of the village bearing fruit is riches in the hands of the man of heart.

217. Like unto a tree that yieldeth medicinal drugs and drieth not is riches in the hands of the generous man.

218. Behold the men who know what is just and proper : they fail not to oblige others even when fallen on evil days.

219. The complaisant man thinketh himself poor only when he is impotent to oblige those who solicit his aid.

220. If ruin cometh as a result of complaisance, it is worth courting even by selling one's own self into slavery.

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