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 96. Sinfulness will wane away and righteousness will increase if thy thoughts are good and thy speech is kind.

97. The word that is serviceable and kind createth friends and bringeth forth benefits.

98. Words that are kind and are removed from all littleness yield good in this life and in the next also.

99. Why doth not a man cease from violent words, even after he hath felt the sweetness that kind words give ?

100. Behold the man who useth hard words when sweet ones serve : he preferreth the unripe fruit to the ripe.

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