35ـ فَقْدُ اللِّئامِ راحَةُ الأنامِ.

35ـ فَقْدُ اللِّئامِ راحَةُ الأنامِ. Every time the rank of a vile person is raised, the people around him diminish, whereas the honourable one is the opposite of this. 36ـ كُلَّمَا ارْتَفَعَتْ رُتْبَةُ اللَّئيمِ نَقَصَ النّاسُ عِنْدَهُ، والكَريمُ ضِدُّ ذلِكَ. One who is vile, [the occasion of] his birth is evil. 37ـ مَنْ لَؤُمَ ساءَ ميلادُهُ. One who needs something from the vile ones has indeed been forsaken. 38ـ مَنْ كانَتْ لَهُ إلَى اللِّئامِ حاجَةٌ فَقَدْ خُذِلَ.

Hard-heartedness is from the traits of the vile ones. 39ـ مِنَ اللِّئامِ تَكُونُ القَسْـوَةُ. The one who accompanies vileness is censured. 40ـ مُصاحِبُ اللُّؤْمِ مَذْمُومٌ. The withholding of the honourable one is better than the granting of the vile one. 41ـ مَنْعُ الكَريمِ أحْسَنُ مِنْ إعْطاءِ اللَّئيمِ. The vile one is recognized by [his] evil action, ugly character and blameworthy miserliness. 42ـ يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى اللَّئيمِ بِسُوءِ الفِعْلِ، وقُبْحِ الخُلْقِ،وَ ذَميمِ البُخْلِ.