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time of danger : so canst thou know thy friends when thy riches are few : 
so canst thou know thy wife when thy wealth is fled. 
5. Whosoever increaseth thy prosperity call him thy friend : whoso¬ 
ever giveth thee food call him thy father and thy brother : whosoever loveth 
thee him also call thy friend : and whosoever being happy maketh thee 
happy call thy wife. 
6. Make not a great friend of thine enemy, neither make close ac¬ 
quaintance with thy friend, for when they are angry they will discover thy 
faults. 
7. Whosoever hath once quarrelled with his friend if he wish to be 
one with him again, he must pursue him unto death,* as the mare doth 
that is with young. 
8. So long as thy desire be not fulfilled bear thine enemy on thy 
shoulder: but when the time of the fulfilment of thy desire cometh, then 
destroy thou him as thou wouldest break the pot thou earnest against the 
rock. 
9. That which remains of thy debt : that which remains of the fire : 
those also that remain of thine enemies often times increase again : there¬ 
fore leave thou none remaining. 
10. Whosoever hath a face as fair as the water-lily: whose speech is 
sweet as the sandal-wood, and whose mind is as the poison that slayeth 
quickly : put not thy trust in such an one. 
11. Trust not the master that is rough : still less put thy trust in 
the master that is quick to anger : still less in him that praiseth not : still 
less in him that is an oppressor. 
12. Keep the thing that is horned fifty cubits from thee : keep the 
horse one hundred cubits from thee : keep the elephant that hath tusks 
one thousand cubits from thee : keep the bad man from thee altogether. 
13. An evil abode ; a wicked husband ; a wicked people ; a wicked 
friend ; a wicked wife ; a bad servant: these must be kept afar oft. 
14. Whatsoever friend cometh forward when thou art oppressed with 
sickness; when thou art an-hungered ; when thou losest thy wealth ; when 
thou art in the hands of thine enemy ; when thou art before the king; 
when thou art in the place of sepulture : only such a friend canst thou call 
a friend indeed. 
15. Whosoever speaketh fair words hath many friends, but the harsh 
man hath but few. Seest thou not here the parable of the sun and the 
moon ? Here endeth the book concerning friendship. 
* Or the kingdom of death. 
