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1. BRAVERY AND MERCY

The sun shines upon just and unjust alike,

and the earth is nowhere the worse:

you can go west or east,

or wherever you are told,

you can simply stay at home.

Bravery steers the ships

on the wide oceans.

Mercy rocks the cradle of reason,

a cradle deep as it is decrepit.

He who knows bravery, knows also mercy,

for they are as sisters:

bravery is the easiest thing in the world,

the easiest of all deeds—is charity.