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Like snow in summer and rain in harvest,
so honour for a fool is out of place.
2The sparrow flutters, the swallow flits,
and the baseless curse never goes home.
3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass,
and a rod for the back of a fool!
4Never answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you become like him:
5answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he imagines he is wise.
6To send a fool with a messag
is to cut off your own feet--injuring yourself.
7Like the limbs of a lame man
so maxims limp on the lips of a fool;
9like thorny branches brandished by a drunkard
so are maxims on the lips of a fool.
8Honour conferred upon a foo
is like a bag of gems laid on a heap of stones.
10An able man does everything himself:
a fool hires the first passer-by.
11A dog goes back to his vomit
and a fool repeats his folly.
12You see a man of self-conceit
More hope for a fool than for him!
13The sluggard says, “Some beast is roaring on the road
there’s a lion outside!”
14The door turns on its hinges,
and the lazy man upon his back.
15The lazy man drops his hand deep in the dish
it tires him even to lift it to his lips.
16The lazy man imagines he is wiser
than a dozen men who argue ably.
17He catches a passing dog by the ears
who meddles with a quarrel not his own.
18Like a lunatic who lets fly
deadly brands and arrows,
19so is he who deceives his neighbour,
and then says it was in fun.
20The fire goes out when the wood fails,
and quarrels cease when slanderers are away.
21Bellows for coals and wood for fire,
and a quarrelsome fellow for kindling strife!
22The words of a slanderer are like dainty morsels
swallowed and relished to the full.
23Smooth words and a vicious soul
are silvery dross upon a pot of clay.
24A man may dissemble his hate when he speaks
but inwardly he harbours guile;
25he may speak fair, but never believe him,
for he has many a foul thought in mind;
26yet, though he hide his hatred craftily,
his malice shall be publicly exposed.
27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it;
the stone a man sets rolling recoils upon himself.
28A false tongue is a deadly bane
and flattering lips are fatal.
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