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1 quomodo nix aestate et pluvia in messe sic indecens est stulto gloria
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As snow in summer, and rain in harvest; so glory is unseemly to a fool. (Like snow in summer, and rain at harvest; so glory is unbecoming to a fool.)
2 sicut avis ad alia transvolans et passer quolibet vadens sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet
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For as a bird flying over to high things, and as a sparrow going into uncertain; so cursing brought forth without reasonable cause shall come above into some man. (Like a bird flying over to high places, and like a sparrow going into uncertainty; so cursing brought forth without a reasonable cause, shall simply go over someone, and not touch them.)
3 flagellum equo et camus asino et virga dorso inprudentium
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Beating be to an horse, and a bridle to an ass; and a rod to the back of unprudent men.
4 ne respondeas stulto iuxta stultitiam suam ne efficiaris ei similis
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Answer thou not to a fool after his folly, lest thou be made like him.
5 responde stulto iuxta stultitiam suam ne sibi sapiens esse videatur
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Answer thou (to) a fool after his folly, lest he seem to himself to be wise (lest he thinketh himself to be wise).
6 claudus pedibus et iniquitatem bibens qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum
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(As) An halting man in feet, and drinking wickedness, that is, drink harmful to himself, (is) he that sendeth words by a fond messenger. (Like a person who is lame, and like someone who drinketh a drink that is harmful to himself, is he who sendeth words by a foolish messenger.)
7 quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola
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As an halting man hath fair legs in vain; so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
8 sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem
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As he that sendeth a stone into the broad place of the sling; so he that giveth honour to an unwise man. (Like he who sendeth a stone into the broad place of a sling, is he who giveth honour to an unwise person.)
9 quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti sic parabola in ore stultorum
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As if a thorn groweth in the hand of a drunken man; so is a parable in the mouth of fools. (Like a thorn that groweth in the hand of a drunk, is a parable in the mouth of a fool.)
10 iudicium determinat causas et qui inponit stulto silentium iras mitigat
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Doom determineth causes; and he that setteth silence to a fool, assuageth ires. (Judgement decideth a person's case; and he who telleth a fool to be silent, lesseneth anger.)
11 sicut canis qui revertitur ad vomitum suum sic inprudens qui iterat stultitiam suam
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As a dog that turneth again to his spewing [As an hound that turneth again to his vomit]; so is an unprudent man, that rehearseth his folly. (Like a dog that returneth to his vomit, is an imprudent person, who repeateth his own foolishness.)
12 vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri magis illo spem habebit stultus
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Thou hast seen a man seem wise to himself; an unknowing man shall have hope more than he. (Thou hast seen a person who taketh himself to be wise; but a person without knowledge, yea, a fool, shall have more hope than him.)
13 dicit piger leaena in via leo in itineribus
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A slow man saith, A lion is in the way, a lioness is in the footpaths. (A lazy person saith, A lion is there on the way, a lioness is there on the footpaths!)
14 sicut ostium vertitur in cardine suo ita piger in lectulo suo
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As a door is turned in his hinges; so a slow man in his bed. (Like a door turning on its hinges, is a lazy person turning in his bed.)
15 abscondit piger manus sub ascellas suas et laborat si ad os suum eas converterit
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A slow man hideth his hands under his armpit; and he travaileth, if he turneth them up to his mouth. (A lazy person hideth his hands under his armpit; and he laboureth, if he turneth them up to his mouth.)
16 sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias
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A slow man seemeth wiser to himself, than seven men speaking sentences. (A lazy person seemeth wiser to himself, than seven people speaking forth their thoughts.)
17 sicut qui adprehendit auribus canem sic qui transit et inpatiens commiscetur rixae alterius
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As he that taketh a dog by the ears; so he that passeth, and is unpatient, and is meddled with the chiding of another man. (Like he who taketh a dog by the ears, is he who passeth by, and is impatient, and is mixed in, or mingled, with the argument of another man.)
18 sicut noxius est qui mittit lanceas et sagittas et mortem
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As he is guilty, that sendeth spears and arrows into death, (Like he is guilty, who sendeth spears and arrows into uncertainty, causing death,)
19 sic vir qui fraudulenter nocet amico suo et cum fuerit deprehensus dicit ludens feci
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so a man that harmeth guilefully his friend, and when he is taken, he shall say, I did playing. (is a person who deceitfully harmeth his friend, and when he is caught, he saith, I was just playing.)
20 cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis et susurrone subtracto iurgia conquiescunt
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When trees fail [When woods shall fail], the fire shall be quenched; and when a privy backbiter is withdrawn, strives rest. (When there is no more wood, the fire shall be quenched; and when a gossip departeth, or stoppeth speaking, the argument shall be ended.)
21 sicut carbones ad prunam et ligna ad ignem sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas
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As dead coals at quick coals, and trees at the fire [As dead coals to quick coals, and wood to fire]; so a wrathful man (that) raiseth chidings. (Like dead coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, is an angry person who raiseth up arguments, or strife.)
22 verba susurronis quasi simplicia et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris
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The words of a privy backbiter be as simple (The words of a gossip be tasty); and those come till to the innerest things of the heart.
23 quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata
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As if thou wouldest adorn a vessel of earth, (that is, a cheap pot made out of clay,) with the dross of silver, so be swelling lips fellowshipped with a full wicked heart.
24 labiis suis intellegitur inimicus cum in corde tractaverit dolos
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An enemy is understood by his lips, when he treateth guiles in his heart. (An enemy can be understood by his words, when he treateth deceitfulness in his heart.)
25 quando submiserit vocem suam ne credideris ei quoniam septem nequitiae sunt in corde illius
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When he maketh low his voice, believe thou not to him; for seven wickednesses be in his heart.
26 qui operit odium fraudulenter revelabitur malitia eius in concilio
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The malice of him that covereth hatred guilefully, shall be showed in a council. (The malice of one who deceitfully covereth hatred, shall be shown before the assembly.)
27 qui fodit foveam incidet in eam et qui volvit lapidem revertetur ad eum
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He that delveth a ditch, shall fall into it; and if a man walloweth a stone, it shall turn again (on)to him.
28 lingua fallax non amat veritatem et os lubricum operatur ruinas
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A false tongue loveth not [the] truth; and a slippery mouth worketh fallings.
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