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It is a miserable life to go from house to house; as a guest you should not open your mouth;
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you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked, and besides this you will hear rude words like these:
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"Come here, stranger, prepare the table; let me eat what you have there."
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"Be off, stranger, for an honored guest is here; my brother has come for a visit, and I need the guest-room."
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It is hard for a sensible person to bear scolding about lodging and the insults of the moneylender.
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