Chapter Xi
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, Looking for the maker of this tabernacle, I
, Looking for the maker of this tabernacle, I shall have to run through a course of many births, so long as I do not find (him); and painful is birth again and again But now, maker of the tabernacle, thou hast been seen; thou shalt not make up this t... A man who has learnt little, grows old like an
A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow ... After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it
After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit ... How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this
How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Why do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by darkness? ... Look at this dressed-up lump, covered with wounds, joined together, sickly,
Look at this dressed-up lump, covered with wounds, joined together, sickly, full of many thoughts, which has no strength, no hold! ... Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not
Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish ... The brilliant chariots of kings are destroyed, the body also approaches
The brilliant chariots of kings are destroyed, the body also approaches destruction, but the virtue of good people never approaches destruction,--thus do the good say to the good ... This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this
This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death ... Those white bones, like gourds thrown away in the autumn,
Those white bones, like gourds thrown away in the autumn, what pleasure is there in looking at them? ... Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow;
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves Old Age ...