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do_v the_o injury_n of_o mad_a man_n there_o be_v no_o great_a wisdom_n nor_o more_o profitable_a in_o the_o world_n than_o to_o endure_v the_o folly_n of_o another_o for_o otherwise_o by_o not_o suffer_v it_o with_o patience_n we_o make_v it_o our_o own_o that_o which_o have_v heretofore_o be_v speak_v touch_v choler_n may_v likewise_o be_v speak_v of_o these_o passion_n follow_v hatred_n envy_n revenge_n which_o be_v make_v or_o form_v choler_n particular_a advisement_n and_o remedy_n against_o this_o evil_n be_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 31._o chap._n xxvi_o hatred_n hatred_n be_v a_o strange_a passion_n which_o strange_o and_o without_o reason_n trouble_v we_o and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n what_o be_v there_o in_o the_o world_n that_o torment_v we_o more_o by_o this_o passion_n we_o put_v ourselves_o into_o the_o power_n of_o he_o that_o we_o hate_v to_o afflict_v and_o vex_v we_o the_o sight_n of_o he_o move_v our_o sense_n the_o remembrance_n stir_v our_o spirit_n both_o wake_v and_o 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