"Your praise will aggravate them, your blame will tend to heal them.

Nay, if you are not content to do your duty, old Gagabu will come some day with his knife, and will throw the sick man down and cut out the canker." During this speech the haruspex had frequently shrugged his shoulders.
Now he said, turning to the priests from Chennu-- "Gagabu is a foolish, hot-headed old man, and you have heard from his lips just such a sermon as the young scribes keep by them when they enter on the duties of the care of souls.

His sentiments are excellent, but he easily overlooks small things for the sake of great ones.

Ameni would tell you that ten souls, no, nor a hundred, do not matter when the safety of the whole is in question." ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS: A dirty road serves when it makes for the goal Colored cakes in the shape of beasts Deficient are as guilty in their eyes as the idle For fear of the toothache, had his sound teeth drawn Hatred between man and man Hatred for all that hinders the growth of light How tender is thy severity Judge only by appearances, and never enquire into the causes Often happens that apparent superiority does us damage Seditious words are like sparks, which are borne by the wind The scholar's ears are at his back: when he is flogged Title must not be a bill of fare Youth should be modest, and he was assertive UARDA Volume 2.
By Georg Ebers.