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Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies.
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Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, and so bring sorrow to thine heart.
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Chastise thy son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence unto thee.
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Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
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Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth.
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There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.
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Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
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Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
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What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
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He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.
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Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.