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        • 1. As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
            • 2. The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
                • 3. Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.
                    • 4. If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.
                        • 5. There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
                            • 6. Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.
                                • 7. I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
                                    • 8. Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
                                        • 9. Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
                                            • 10. If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.
                                                • 11. If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
                                                    • 12. Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.
                                                        • 13. At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness--
                                                            • 14. and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming--who can tell him what will happen after him?
                                                                • 15. A fool's work wearies him; he does not know the way to town.
                                                                    • 16. Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
                                                                        • 17. Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time--for strength and not for drunkenness.
                                                                            • 18. If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.
                                                                                • 19. A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
                                                                                    • 20. Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
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