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 3O THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, I

Ten truths a day thou must find : else thou seekest for truth even in the night, thy soul having remained hungry.

Ten times a day thou must laugh and be gay : else thy stomach disturbeth thee in the night, that father of affliction.

Few know that, but in order to sleep well one must have all virtues. Shall I bear false witness ? Shall I commit adultery?

Shall I covet my neighbour's maid servant? All that would ill accord with good sleep.

And even if one hath got all the virtues, one must know one more thing, to send unto sleep the virtues at the proper time.

In order that they may not quarrel, the pretty little women ! And about thee, thou unhappy one !

Peace with God and thy neighbour: good sleep will have it so. And peace even with the neighbour's devil! Else it will haunt thee in the night.

Honour and obedience to the magistrates, and even to crooked magistrates ! good sleep will have it so. Is it my fault that power liketh to walk on crooked legs ?

He shall be called by me the best herdsman who leadeth his sheep unto the greenest meadow: that accordeth well with good sleep.

I do not want many honours nor great treasures: that inflameth the milt. But one sleepeth badly with- out a good name and a small treasure.

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