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Acts of kindness, especially when we know they are undeserved, awaken a slumbering conscience, stimulate sorrow, and perhaps even effect a change. They are the best ways to turn an enemy into a friend.

23 As surely as a north wind drives the rain before it,
    a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

24 It is better to dwell outside on the corner of your roof
    than to live inside your house with a badgering wife.

25 Like cool water to a weary soul,
    so is good news from a distant country.

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