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The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
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He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
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Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
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It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.
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When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
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The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.
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He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.
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By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
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It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.