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74. At night is joyful
    He who is sure of traveling entertainment;
    A ship's yards are short;
    Variable is an autumn night.
    Many are the weather's changes
    In five days,
    But more in a month.

75. He knows not,
    Who knows nothing,
    That many a one apes another,
    One man is rich,
    Another poor:
    Let him not be thought blameworthy.

76. Cattle die,
    Kindred die,
    We ourselves also die;
    But the fair fame
    Never dies
    Of him who has earned it.

77. Cattle die,
    Kindred die,
    We ourselves also die;
    But I know one thing
    That never dies,—
    Judgment on each one dead.

78. Full storehouses I saw
    At Dives' sons':
    Now bear they the beggar's staff.
    Such are riches,
    As is the twinkling of an eye:
    Of friends they are most fickle.

79. A foolish man,
    If he acquires
    Wealth or woman's love,
    Pride grows within him,
    But wisdom never:
    He goes on more and more arrogant.