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391. Acquire thoroughly the knowledge that is worth acquiring and after acquiring it walk thou in accordance therewith.

392. Two are the eyes of living kind : the one is called Numbers, and the other, Letters.

393. The learned alone can be said to possess eyes : the unlettered have but two sores in their head.

394. The scholar bringeth joy with him wherever he cometh : but when he departeth he leaveth regrets behind.

395. Though thou hast to humble thyself before the teacher even as a beggar before a man of wealth thou yet acquirest learning : it is those that refuse to learn that are the lowest among men. 9