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If One Had Taken What Is Necessary To Cover One's Needs And Had Left The Rest To Those Who Are In Need, No One Would Be Rich, No One Would Be Poor, No One Would Be In Need.

Now, If You Notice How The Swan, Putting Its Neck Down Into The Deep Water, Brings Up Food For Itself From Below, Then You Will Discover The Wisdom Of The Creator, In That He Gave It A Neck Longer Than Its Feet For This Reason, That It Might, As If Lowering A Sort Of Fishing Line, Procure The Food Hidden In The Deep Water.

You Can See That A City Is Prosperous By The Wealth Of Goods For Sale In The Market. Land Too We Call Prosperous If It Bears Rich Fruit. And So Also The Soul May Be Counted Prosperous If It Is Full Of Good Works Of Every Kind.

Men Whose Sense Of Taste Is Destroyed By Sickness, Sometimes Think Honey Sour. A Diseased Eye Does Not See Many Things Which Do Exist, And Notes Many Things Which Do Not Exist. The Same Thing Frequently Takes Place With Regard To The Force Of Words, When The Critic Is Inferior To The Writer.

Truly Unexpected Tidings Make Both Ears Tingle.