Non litiges cum homine potente, ne forte incidas in manus illius. Non contendas cum viro locuplete, ne forte contra te constituat litem tibi: multos enim perdidit aurum et argentum, et usque ad cor regum extendit et convertit. Non litiges cum homine linguato, et non strues in ignem illius ligna. Non communices homini indocto, ne male de progenie tua loquatur. Ne despicias hominem avertentem se a peccato, neque improperes ei: memento quoniam omnes in correptione sumus. Ne spernas hominem in sua senectute, etenim ex nobis senescunt. Noli de mortuo inimico tuo gaudere: sciens quoniam omnes morimur, et in gaudium nolumus venire. Ne despicias narrationem presbyterorum sapientium, et in proverbiis eorum conversare: ab ipsis enim disces sapientiam et doctrinam intellectus, et servire magnatis sine querela. Non te prætereat narratio seniorum, ipsi enim didicerunt a patribus suis: quoniam ab ipsis disces intellectum, et in tempore necessitatis dare responsum. Non incendas carbones peccatorum arguens eos, et ne incendaris flamma ignis peccatorum illorum. Ne contra faciem stes contumeliosi, ne sedeat quasi insidiator ori tuo. Noli fœnerari homini fortiori te: quod si fœneraveris, quasi perditum habe. Non spondeas super virtutem tuam: quod si spoponderis, quasi restituens cogita. Non judices contra judicem, quoniam secundum quod justum est judicat. Cum audace non eas in via, ne forte gravet mala sua in te: ipse enim secundum voluntatem suam vadit, et simul cum stultitia illius peries. Cum iracundo non facias rixam, et cum audace non eas in desertum: quoniam quasi nihil est ante illum sanguis, et ubi non est adjutorium, elidet te. Cum fatuis consilium non habeas: non enim poterunt diligere nisi quæ eis placent. Coram extraneo ne facias consilium: nescis enim quid pariet. Non omni homini cor tuum manifestes, ne forte inferat tibi gratiam falsam, et convicietur tibi.
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