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for a rejected
woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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There are four
things which are little upon the earth, but they
are wiser than the wise men:
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The ants
are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
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the conies
are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
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the locusts have no king, yet all of them go forth by bands;
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the spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.
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There are three
things which have a magnificent walk;
yea, the fourth is stately in going:
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The lion
which is strongest among beasts and does not turn away for any;
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the greyhound who is girded up of loins; a he goat also, and the king, against whom no one rises up.
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If thou hast fallen, it is because thou hast lifted thyself up; and if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.