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B. — How can a virtuous person be known ? A. — By three things : 

 learning, munificence and a smiling countenance. 



B. — Who is munificent ? A. — The donor of a ready gift. 



B. — What is the utmost extent of generosity? A. — The giving 

 away of all that is in one's possession. 



B. — What is the worst of actions? A. — Absenting one's self from 

 the assembly of the learned. 



B. — What is the best of actions ? A. — To be present at the meeting 

 of the learned, and assisting the infirm and the necessitous. 



B. — Who are learned? A. — They who know what God is. 



B. — Who are they that know what God is? A. — Those who injure 

 no one. 



B. — Who are those that injure no one ? A. — Those who think 

 themselves inferior to others. 



B. — How can one attain this ? A. — By frequenting the society of 

 sages. 



J?.— What should one learn from the wise? A. — To please God. 



B. — What should one do to please God ? A. — Obey his will. 



B. — What are the marks of obedience? A. — Resignation and 

 thanksgiving. 



B. — Who is worthless ? A. — A loquacious fellow. 



B. — Who is disappointed ? A. — He who is deficient in adoration. 



B. — What is intellectual light ? A. — The remembering of death. 



B. — What is intellectual darkness? A. — Devotion to eating and 

 sleeping, and gold and silver. 



B. — How should one consider himself in the world ? A. — Like a 

 traveller in his way. 



B. — How can one reach his journey's end? A. — By being himself 

 unencumbered. 



B. — What is dearer to one than life ? A. — Religion to the faithful ; 

 wealth to the impious. 



B. — How can one be known ? A. — By his works. 



B. — When does truth resemble falsehood ? A. — When an old man 

 recites the valorous feats of his youth, or a pauper relates the liberal 

 actions of his better days. 



B. — How can one avoid a bad friend? A. — By asking what is 

 wanted. 



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