20. [Be satisfied with a fair share.]

"Let not thine heart be extortionate about shares, in grasping at what

is not thy portion. Let not thy heart be extortionate towards thy

neighbors: greater is the prayer to a kindly person than force. Poor is

he that carrieth off his neighbors [by violence] without the persuasion

of words. A little for which there hath been extortion maketh remorse

when the blood[294] is cool."

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