Those who are destitute of learning penance knowledge good disposition virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth in the form of men. They are burdensome to the earth.
Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself.
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does, and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Do not inhabit a country where you are not respected, cannot earn your livelihood, have no friends or cannot acquire knowledge.
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