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Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow. |
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Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you. |
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Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool. |
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We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy? |
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A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed. |
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The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in. |
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When you've stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you're starved, you could eat a horse. |
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People who won't settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro. |
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Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul. |
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Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family. |
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Become wise, dear child, and make me happy; then nothing the world throws my way will upset me. |
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A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered. |
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Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned. |
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If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting "Rise and shine!" It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing. |
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A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet; |
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You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it. |
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You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. |
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If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored. |
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Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart. |
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Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits. |
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The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; The purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little fame. |
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Pound on a fool all you like-- you can't pound out foolishness. |
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Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks; |
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(Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.) |
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And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barns, |
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You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit; |
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There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter. |
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