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 886. When treachery invadeth the entourage of the prince, it is impossible that he falleth not a prey to it one day or other.

887. The house that is divided against itself is like a vessel that is fitted with a lid : though it appeareth to be a single unit, it will never make a united whole.

888. Behold the house that is divided against itself: it will crumble to dust even like a piece of iron that is filed with a file.

889. Though the split be small even like a slit in a sesamum seed, ruin hangeth over the house that is divided against itself.

890. Behold the man who mixeth on intimate terms with one who hateth him in his heart : he is like one dwelling in a hut with a cobra for his companion. Rh