Apprehendest thou?
then hearken to my voice, and refrain from harsh words, remembering that to the ear of a ruler the manner of a man's speech is weightier than its matter." "Oh my father, how often hast thou thus admonished me! how often have I been convinced of the evil consequences of my rough words and angry gestures! but I cannot change my nature, I cannot.

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." "Say rather: I will not; for he that is indeed a man, dare never again commit those sins of which he has once repented.

But I have admonished sufficiently.

Tell me now how thou didst calm the wrath of Amasis." "Thou knowest my father.