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2.3 KiB
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62 lines
2.3 KiB
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## The Folly of a Simpleminded Fool
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###### 1
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Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little simpleminded folly is weightier than wisdom _and_ honor.
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###### 2
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A wise man's heart _directs him_ toward the right, but the foolish man's heart _directs him_ toward the left.
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###### 3
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Even when the simpleminded fool walks along the road, his heart lacks _wisdom_, and he says to all _that_ he is a simpleminded fool.
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###### 4
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If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because calmness causes great offenses to be abandoned.
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###### 5
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There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake which goes forth from the one in power--
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###### 6
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folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
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###### 7
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I have seen slaves _riding_ on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
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###### 8
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He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
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###### 9
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He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
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###### 10
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If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen _its_ edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
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###### 11
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If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no advantage for the charmer.
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###### 12
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Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool swallow him up;
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###### 13
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the beginning of the words of his mouth is simpleminded folly, and the end of _what comes from_ his mouth is evil madness.
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###### 14
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Yet the simpleminded fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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###### 15
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The labor of a fool _so_ wearies him that he does not _even_ know how to go to a city.
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###### 16
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Woe to you, O land, whose king is a young man and whose princes eat in the morning.
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###### 17
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Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for might and not for drinking.
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###### 18
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Through indolence the beams sag, and through slack hands the house leaks.
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###### 19
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_Men_ prepare bread for laughter, and wine makes life glad, and money is the answer to everything.
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###### 20
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Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the sky will bring the sound and the winged creature will tell the matter.
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