XIV
Purity of Conduct
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The man whose conduct is pure is honoured by all: purity of conduct is therefore to be prized even above life.
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Watch anxiously over thy conduct: for wheresoever thou mayest search thou canst not find a firmer ally than right conduct.
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Good conduct bespeaketh an honourable family: but low conduct placeth a man amongst the ignoble.
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Even the Vedas if forgotten can be learned again: but once fallen from virtuous conduct the Brahman is fallen from his place forever.
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Prosperity is not for the envious: even so dignity is not for men of ill conduct.
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The firm-minded swerve not from virtuous conduct: for they know the evils brought on by such swerving.
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The man of right conduct is honoured among men: but ignominy alone is the portion of those who fall therefrom.
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Good conduct soweth the seed of prosperity: but an evil course is the mother of endless ills.
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Foul words can never fall from the lips of the well-bred even when off their guard.
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Fools may be as instructed as thou pleasest: but they never learn to conform to the ways of the Righteous.