18
A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; the downfall of the wicked will occur just as speedily.
19
A coarse person is like an inappropriate story, continually on the lips of the ignorant.
20
A proverb from a fool's lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at the proper time.
21
One may be prevented from sinning by poverty; so when he rests he feels no remorse.
22
One may lose his life through shame, or lose it because of human respect.
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