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There are those— how arrogant are their eyes; how their eyebrows are raised!
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There are those whose teeth are swords; their jaw is a butcher's knife, ready to devour the needy from the earth, and the poor from humanity.
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The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, “Enough!”:
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the grave and a barren womb, a land never filled with water, and fire that doesn't say, “Enough!”
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An eye that mocks a father and rejects obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the river valley peck it out, and the eagle's young eat it.
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Three things are too wonderful for me, four that I can't figure out:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on the rock, the way of a ship out on the open sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.
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This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and she says, "I've done nothing wrong!"
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At three things the earth trembles, at four it can't bear up:
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at a servant when he becomes king and fools when they are full of food;
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at a detested woman when she gets married and a female servant when she replaces her mistress.