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B. — What should a beggar do ? A. — Be patient and grateful. 



B. — What should a farmer's business be ? A. — To depend entirely 

 upon God and relinquish difficulties. 



B. — What is fortune ? A. — It is that from which proceeds all that 

 one receives. 



B. — What is fate ? A, — It is that which deprives one of what he 

 needs. 



B. — Who is intelligent ? A. — A seeker of the true purport of things. 



B. — Who is unintelligent ? A. — He who is inattentive to the true 

 purport of things. 



J?.— What is youth ? ^.—Health. 



B. — What is age ? A. — Weakness or inactivity. 



B. — What befits youth ? A. — Modesty and intrepidity. 



B. — What befits age ? A. — Deliberation. 



B, — Who holds intercourse with God ? A. — He who is constantly 

 occupied in devout meditation. 



B. — Who is esteemed by all? A. — He who distributes justice 

 impartially. 



B. — What is love ? A.— Love is a pearl. 



B. — What is a lover ? A. — A lover is a diver. 



B. — Should a guest sleep or wake ? A. — -He should wake : for sleep 

 is the brother of death. 



B.— What improves comprehension 1 A. — Disquisition. 



B. — What begets heart-break 1 A. — Disappointment. 



B. — What is the fruit of virtue ? A. — The attainment of one's 

 wishes. 



B. — What ennobles one ? A. — Continence. 



B.—~ What is continence ? A. — The knowledge of the pure esculent. 



B. — What leads to the knowledge of the pure esculent 1 A. — The 

 internal eye. 



B. — What is the internal eye ? A. — The eye of the mind. 



B. — How can one see with the eye of his mind ? A. — By being 

 perfect. 



B. — What makes one perfect ? A. — Maturity. 



B. — How is maturity acquired? A. — By erudition and discrimination. 



B. — What is erudition? A.-— A consummate knowledge of the 

 precepts of religion. 



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