10
In proportion to the fuel, so will the fire burn, and in proportion to the obstinacy, so will strife increase; in proportion to a person's strength will be his anger, and in proportion to his wealth he will increase his wrath.
11
A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.
12
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; yet both come out of your mouth.
13
Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
14
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
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