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Patient persuasion can break down the strongest resistance and can even convince rulers.
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Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit.
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Don't visit your neighbors too often; they may get tired of you and come to hate you.
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A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
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Depending on an unreliable person in a crisis is like trying to chew with a loose tooth or walk with a crippled foot.
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Singing to a person who is depressed is like taking off a person's clothes on a cold day or like rubbing salt in a wound.
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If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them a drink.
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You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.
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Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.
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Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
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Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.