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The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
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Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
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Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
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He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
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Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
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Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
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Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
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The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
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The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
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Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
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Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
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For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
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The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
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The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
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There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.