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256. Not by passing arbitrary judgements does a man become just; a wise man is he who investigates both right and wrong.
257. He who does not judge others arbitrarily, but passes judgement impartially according to truth, that sagacious man is a guardian of law and is called just.
258. One is not wise because one speaks much. He who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called wise.
259.A man is not versed in Dhamma because he speaks much. He who, after hearing even a little Dhamma, does not neglect it but personally realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma.
260.A monk is not an Elder because his head is gray. He is but ripe in age, and he is called one grown old in vain.
261.One in whom there is truthfulness, virtue, inoffensiveness, restraint and self-mastery, who is free from defilements and is wise -- he is truly called an Elder.
262. Not by mere eloquence nor by beauty does a man become accomplished, if he is jealous, selfish and deceitful.
263. But he in whom these are wholly destroyed, uprooted and extinct, and who has cast out hatred -- that wise man is truly accomplished.
256 鹵莽處事故，不為法住者。智者應辨別──孰正與孰邪。
257 導人不鹵莽，如法而公平，智者護於法，是名法住者。
258 不以多言故，彼即為智者。安靜無怨怖，是名為智者。
259 不以多言故，彼為持法者。彼雖聞少分，但由身見法，於法不放逸，是名持法者。
260 不因彼白頭，即得為長老。彼年齡虛熟，徒有長老名。
261 於彼具真實，具法不殺生，節制並調伏，彼有智慧人。除滅諸垢穢，實名為長老。
262 嫉.慳.虛偽者，雖以其辯才，或由相端嚴，不為善良人。
263 若斬斷此心，拔根及除滅，彼捨瞋智者，名為善良人。
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