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Spare your neighbors, especially the dead, who have left everything and cannot do anything to you (2).
Consider yourself more than the affairs of your neighbors: some benefit you, others benefit your neighbors. It is better to count your deeds than your money; the latter flow, and the former are constant (2).
Be merciful to everyone, if possible, and even more merciful to your neighbors. Why am I saying this? – Who can believe that you are kind to strangers if you are unfair to those to whom you owe (2)?
Everyone lives not for himself alone, but also for his neighbors; It is not enough to be convinced if you do not convince others (2).
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