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There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
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There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.
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The night-spirit has two daughters, Give, give. There are three things which are never full, even four which never say, Enough:
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The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
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The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
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There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.
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This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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For three things the earth is moved, and there are four which it will not put up with:
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A servant when he becomes a king; a man without sense when his wealth is increased;
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A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.