## Mivchar HaPeninim Chapter 53

###### Mivchar HaPeninim 53:1
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אמר החכם מי שיזרע השנאה יקצור החרטה:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
616. THE sage observes, He who sows discord will reap regret.


###### Mivchar HaPeninim 53:2
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ושאלו לחכם במה יתנקם אדם משונאו? אמר שיוסיף מעלה יתרה בעצמו:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
617. The sage was asked, How is man to take vengeance on his enemy? By increasing his own good qualities.


###### Mivchar HaPeninim 53:3
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ואמר הזהר משנאת האדם אף מן הנקלה כי פעמים שיחנק האדם הגדול בזבוב קטן:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
618. Beware of enmity, however insignificant; for the smallest insect has often caused the death of the greatest man.


###### Mivchar HaPeninim 53:4
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ואמר אין ברעות כשנאת בני אדם:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
619. There is nothing more dangerous than the hatred of the vile.