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Why should there be in the hands of a fool the price to purchase wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to acquire it?
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A friend is loving at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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A man void of understanding shaketh hands in pledge, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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He loveth transgression that loveth strife, and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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He that hath a froward heart findeth no good, and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into iniquity.
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He that begetteth a fool doeth so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Wisdom is before him that hath understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
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Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their equity.