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 276. Behold the man that hath not renounced in his heart, but walketh about like one that hath renounced, and cheateth men : there is none more hard of heart than he.

277. The kunri seed is fair on one side, but the other side of it is black : there are men who are like unto it: they are fair on the outside, but their inside is all black.

278. Many there be whose heart is impure but who bathe in holy streams and prowl about.

279. The arrow is straight and the lute hath a bend : judge thou therefore men by their acts and not by their appearance.

280. Neither matted hair thou wantest nor shaven head, if thou abstain from that which the world contemneth.

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