Part 6: On consideration, kindness, and thoughtfulness

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Big shot of Ìwátà towń the locusts do not know who is honest; the locusts arrive and the locusts eat up the good person's farm.
(Vandals care not which property belongs to good people and which to bad people.) [14]

The drunkard is not a prodigal; it is his money that he is spending.
(One can spend one's money as one wishes.)

There is no compulsion in voluntary work.
(Volunteering is not an obligation.)

Wine stays in the home of the miser until it goes sour.
(The miser would rather see things go bad than share them with others.)

The assignment for an invalid must be different from everybody else's.
(People should be employed only according to their capabilities.)

Excessive stinginess is what slams the door of fortune in one's face.
(Miserliness will divert good fortune from the miser's direction.)

14. Ìwá tà (ìwà-á tà) means “Character pays.”; some irony there.  [Back to text]