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Sleep before committing suicide. After sleeping you will feel differently about suicide.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from experience. · view the constellation · filed as J21.2.2

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Filed under "Do not act when angry": counsel proved wise by experience. Man returns home and sees someone sleeping with his wife. Though he thinks it is a paramour, he restrains himself and finds that it is a newborn son.

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"Never attack anyone before unsheathing and returning sword three times": counsel proved wise by experience"Do not draw your sword against the innocent": counsel proved wise by experience"Do not uncover weapon in an assembly": counsel proved wise by experience"Do not shed the blood of women": counsel proved wise by experience"Control your anger at the beginning": counsel proved wise by experience

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