"Be skillful in speech, that you may be strong; [...] it is the strength of [...] the tongue, and words are braver than all fighting; none can circumvent the clever man [...] on the mat; a wise man is a [school] for the magnates, and those who are aware of his knowledge do not attack him."

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Par. 4 (tr. R. O. Faulkner, 1972)

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