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The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
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Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand:
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a girl.
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This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
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Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up:
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a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when glutted with food;
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an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
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Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
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the ants are a people without strength, yet they provide their food in the summer;
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the badgers are a people without power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
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the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;