THE KURAL
186. If thou slander another, he will look into thy own transgressions and expose the worst of them.
187. They that know not to speak sweet and to make friendships create discord and separate men who were friends.
188. Those that speak abroad the transgressions of their friends, how will they spare the transgressions of their enemies ?
189. How doth the Earth suffer patiently the tread of the calumniator on her bosom? Is it that she looketh unto Righteousness to rid her of him?
190. If a man can scan his own faults as he doth those of his enemies, can evil ever come to him?
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