PART I RIGHTEOUSNESS
CHAPTER 10
KINDNESS OF SPEECH
91. The speech that is truly kind is the speech of the righteous men which is full of tenderness and free from dissimulation.
92. Better even than a generous gift is sweet speech and a kind and gracious look.
93. Behold the sweet and gracious look and the kind speech that cometh from the heart : Righteousness hath its dwelling place there.
94. Behold the man who always speaketh words which gladden all hearts : Poverty, the increaser of sorrow, will never come to him.
95. Modesty and a loving speech, these alone are the ornaments of man and none other.
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