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311. The pure in heart injure not others even for the sake of the wealth that glorifieth a man : for that is their way.

312. Even when another hath injured them in his hate, the pure in heart return not the injury : for that is their way.

313. If thou injure another, even though it be only a man who hath injured thee without any provocation, thou simply bringest down upon thyself evils that can never be remedied.

314. How shall a man punish them that have injured him ? Let him do them a good turn and make them ashamed in their hearts.

315. Of what avail is intelligence to a man if he doth not look on others' pain as his own and abstain from injuring any? Rh