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under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
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There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
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The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
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the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
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the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
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thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
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There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
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The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
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a [horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
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If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
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For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.