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651. Alliances bring success unto a man : but purity of action fulfilleth his every desire.

652. Always turn thy face away from those deeds that bring not glory as well as profit.

653. Those that desire to rise in the world, let them abjure all action that can tarnish their glory.

654. Behold the men who see things in their right proportions: even when fallen on evil days they stoop not to action that is dishonourable and mean.

655. Let not a man do those things which make him cry afterwards, what is it that I have done ? and if he hath done any such thing, it is good for him if he doth it not once again. Rh