Also when you allow a petty enemy to grow, he grows like a disease, until he goes out of control. Even gods befriend a man who chooses to climb heights of determination.
40. Whether it is broken silver or a loose tooth or a treacherous friend, relief comes only when we pull them out root and all.
41. A king should never delegate to one man all the powers of state for soon he grows in pride, plots to unseat the ruler, to occupy the seat himself.
42. His actions may be hard to bear,
his speech harsh to hear,
the heart though clings delighted to a person truly dear.
43. Why wear the dazzling earrings, if they cut your ear.
44. A man fat / lean can better serve the king than the proud and the mightiest elephant.
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