One is not born with the power, but rather the potential, to hurt or beguile another; it must be learned and practiced to be of any consequence; the first pinch and the first bite must be discouraged in love.
— Papi Proverb 323
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Many things that a man finds in life are those things that he himself has lost; the length of time those things were unobserved matters not.
— Papi Proverb 412
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Proverb #7
Speak often in silence while guarding true knowledge and each level of promise; share promise only in virtue and only to virtue.
Proverb #557
If a man and woman do not unite the soul in living, it is unlikely to happen in death.