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 416. Listen to good words though they be but few : even those few will add to thee a proportionate dignity.

417. Behold the man that hath meditated much in himself and hath laid by a store of instruction by listening to the wise : he talketh not nonsense even when in error.

418. Deaf indeed though it heareth is the ear that hath not been drilled by words of instruction.

419. Humility of speech is hard to be attained by those who have not listened to the subtle words of the wise.

420. Behold the men that taste with the tongue but know not the taste of the ear: what doth it matter to the world whether they live or die? Rh