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38. Leaving in the field his arms,
        Let no man go
    A foot's length forward;
    For it is hard to know
        When on his way
    A man may need his weapon.

39. I have never found a man so bountiful
    Or so hospitable
    That he refused a present;
    Or of his property
    So liberal
    That he scorned a recompense.

40. Of the property
    Which he has gained,
    No man should suffer need;
    For the hated oft is spared
    What for the dear was destined:
    Much goes worse than is expected.

41. With arms and vestments
    Friends should each other gladden,
    Those which are in themselves most sightly.
    Givers and requiters
    Are longest friends,
    If all else goes well.

42. To his friend
    A man should be a friend,
    And gifts with gifts requite;
    Laughter with laughter
    Men should receive,
    But leasing with lying.

43. To his friend
    A man should be a friend,
    To him and to his friend;
      But of his foe
      No man shall
      His friend's friend be.