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• About his intelligence no man should be boastful,   rather cautious of mind;
• No better burden a man bears on the road   than a store of common sense;
• Cattle die, kinsmen die,*   the self must also die;   but the glory of reputation never dies,   for the man who can get himself a good one.   77 Cattle die, kinsmen die,   the self must also die;   I know one thing which never dies:   the reputation of each dead man.
• The foolish man, if he manages to get   money or the love of a woman,   his arrogance increases, but not his common sense;   on he goes deeply sunk in delusion.
• I can speak frankly since I have known both:   men’s hearts are fickle towards women;