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"No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
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I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.
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Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
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