Chapter 334

Remembrance 1 from Chapter 334

Insinuation and dissemblance

Context

KNOW THAT THIS is one of the most important chapters because it is one those things employed a great deal which it has become a general necessity [to deal with], so we need to take the trouble to define it properly. Anyone who considers it ought to think about it and act by it. We have already mentioned the extreme unlawfulness of lying and the danger of giving the tongue free rein. This chapter [offers] a means of being safe from doing so.

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