Man must be good, and wise, and pious. Even a charlatan can be good
alone; an apostate can be wise alone; a fool can be pious alone.
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The greatest riches is to be well; the greatest pleasure is to have a
peaceful heart; the greatest happiness is to be pious as one ought to
be.
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A great man is like fire: approach it from a distance, and it shines and
warms you; come close to it, and it burns you.
The fool, in misfortune, accuses another of it; the pious man accuses
himself; the wise man no one.
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One may suffer from too much love even as from too much hatred: Joseph
had suffered twice, both times from too much love, once from his
father's love, a second time from that of Potiphar's wife.
You cannot always believe tears: even Joseph's brothers wept as they
brought to Jacob the bloodstained shirt.