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"In battle, meddle not with a buffoon, for, O mac Luga, he is but a
fool."
"Censure not any if he be of grave repute; stand not up to take part
in a brawl; have nought to do with a madman or a wicked one."
"Two-thirds of thy gentleness be shown to women and to those that
creep on the floor (little children) and to poets, and be not violent
to the common people."
"Utter not swaggering speech, nor say thou wilt not yield what is
right; it is a shameful thing to speak too stiffly unless that it be
feasible to carry out thy words."
"So long as thou shalt live, thy lord forsake not; neither for gold
nor for other reward in the world abandon one whom thou art pledged to
protect."
"To a chief do not abuse his people, for that is no work for a
gentleman."
"Be no talebearer, nor utterer of falsehoods; be not talkative nor
rashly censorious. Stir not up strife against thee, however good a man
thou be."
"Be no frequenter of the drinking-house, nor given to carping at the
old; meddle not with a man of mean estate."
"Dispense thy meat freely, have no niggard for thy familiar."
"Force not thyself upon a chief, nor give him cause to speak ill of
thee."
"Stick to thy gear, hold fast to thy arms till the stern fight with
its weapon-glitter be well ended."
"Be more apt to give than to deny, and follow after gentleness, O son
of Luga.
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