A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

RESPECTING THOSE GONE AMISS:

 

  1. There are three people accursed:
    1. they who work against the Laws of Nature without concern
    2. they who know nothing of the Mighty Ones and do not seek to learn
    3. they who know much and do not share their knowledge with any other.
  2. Three kinds of evil people:
    1. the traitor
    2. the conspirator
    3. the slanderer.
  3. Three people hateful to the Mighty Ones and to human kind:
    1. the liar
    2. the thief
    3. the miserly scrooge24
  4. Three kinds of people worthless to they who are just and honest:
    1. the drunkard
    2. the perjurer
    3. the traitor.
  5. Three kinds of people without the fear of the Mighty Ones:
    1. the traitor
    2. the ravisher
    3. the miser
  6. Three chief attributes of a person likely to do wrong:
    1. an angry countenance
    2. an arrogant spirit
    3. an insatiable covetousness
  7. Three marks of a thief:
    1. an inquisitive tongue
    2. a curious eye
    3. a fearful face
  8. Three things needful to one who has done wrong:
    1. to acknowledge their wrong
    2. to seek to be upright
    3. to make restitution
  9. From three people keep yourself:
    1. the joyless
    2. the mocker
    3. the one who laughs at lawless doings.
  10. Three people easy to do without:
    1. they who do no benefit to any
    2. they who bring no joy to any
    3. they who keep not peace with any.
  11. Three who are best when they are farthest off:
    1. the fulsome flatterer
    2. the contentious slanderer
    3. the lying tale-bearer.
  12. Three things which gain daily and seek continually:
    1. the sea
    2. a drunkard
    3. a miser.
  13. Three rude ones in the world:
    1. a youngster mocking an old person
    2. a robust person mocking an invalid
    3. a wise man mocking a fool
  14. Three signs of a fop:
    1. the track of his comb in his hair
    2. the tract of his teeth in his food
    3. the track of his stick behind him

Contents

1. Preface 22. Respecting The Bad Home
2. An Omnium Gatherum 23. Pertaining To The Fili'
3. Respecting Excellence 24. Pertaining To Contracts And Agreements
4. Respecting The Conscientious Person 26. Good Health And Bad
5. Respecting The Rewards Of Excellence 27. Advisements Of Prudence
6. Origins Of Wrong Doing 28. Respecting The Order Of Nature
7. Respecting Those Gone Amiss 29. Respecting The Nature Of Humankind
8. The Profits Of Those Who Have Gone Amiss 30. Respecting Action
9. Respecting Wealth And Poverty 31. Respecting Knowledge
10. Miscellaneous Wisdom 32. Respecting Wisdom
11. The Order Of Society 33. Respecting Those Who Are Wise
12. The Underpinnings Of Society 34. Respecting The Fool And Their Inanity
13. The Banes Of Society 35. Respecting Wisdom Applied
14. Respecting Land And Husbandry 36. Respecting Ambitions And The Roads To Success
15. The Respectable Citizen 37. Respecting Friendship
16. The Nocuous Citizen 38. Respecting Happiness
17. Respecting Legacies 39. Respecting Philosophy
18. Monitorial Advisements 40. Respecting Warriors
19. Manifold Blessings And Beneficence 41. Respecting The True Human
20. Respecting Etiquette 42. Respecting Spirituality
21. Respecting The Good Home  
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