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John Greenleaf Whittier

Oriental Maxims: Conduct

From the Mahàbhárata

Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day

Which from the night shall drive thy peace away.

In months of sun so live that months of rain

Shall still be happy. Evermore restrain

Evil and cherish good, so shall there be

Another and a happier life for thee.