XXXII
Non-Injuring
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The pure in heart injure not others even for the sake of the wealth that glorifieth a man: for that is their way.
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Even when another hath injured them in his hate, the pure in heart return not the injury: for that is their way.
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If thou injure another, even though it be only a man who hath injured thee without any provocation, thou simply bringest down upon thyself evils that can never be remedied.
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How shall a man punish them that have injured him? Let him do them a good turn and make them ashamed in their hearts.
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Of what avail is intelligence to a man if he doth not look on others’ pain as his own and abstain from injuring any?
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When a man hath felt a pain for himself, let him take care that he inflicteth it not on others.
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It is a great thing it thou injure not knowingly any man, at any time, and in any degree.
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He who hath felt what pain meaneth to himself, how doth he bring himself to inflict it on others?
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If a man injureth his neighbour in the forenoon, evil will come to him in the afternoon of its own accord.
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All evil recoileth on the head of the wrongdoer: they abstain therefore from wrongdoing who desire to be immune from ills.