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If you do, you will never get rich; if you don't pay attention to small matters, you will gradually ruin yourself.
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Wine and women make sensible men do foolish things. A man who goes to prostitutes gets more and more careless,
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and that carelessness will cost him his life. Worms will feed on his decaying body.
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It is silly to trust people too quickly. If you sin, you are hurting yourself.
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If wickedness makes you happy, you will be condemned.
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Avoid idle talk, and you will avoid a lot of trouble.
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Never repeat what you hear, and you will have no regrets.
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Don't tell it to your friends or your enemies unless it would be sinful to keep it to yourself.
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Whoever hears you will take note of it, and sooner or later will hate you for it.
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Have you heard a rumor? Let it die with you. Be brave! It won't make you explode.