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Stone and iron are heavy, yet dependence within another household can weigh more.
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Let a child learn hunger, thirst, labor, and measure before expecting him to govern abundance.
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Blindness of the eyes can learn a path; blindness of the heart leaves the road while claiming to see.
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A faithful friend nearby may help before a distant brother can arrive.
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A good name outlives beauty because beauty passes while memory of conduct remains.
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An exhausted life without rest can become more bitter than death; wisdom must know the limits of strain.
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Better a small thing securely in your hand than a great thing existing only in another's promise.
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Better modest clothing that is yours than splendid garments that belong to another.
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Hold back a word if speaking it will destroy a friendship without serving truth.
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Counsel within yourself before speech leaves your mouth; a stumble of the tongue can cut deeper than a stumble of the foot.
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If you hear malicious speech that has no righteous purpose, bury it deep rather than becoming its carrier.
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Do not linger where contention is feeding itself; strife can grow until blood is demanded.
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Crooked judgment is not hidden merely because a court announces it.
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Do not abandon the faithful friend of your father merely because new companions flatter you.
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Do not wander carelessly into the private gardens of rulers or entangle yourself with the desires of their households.
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Help a friend before authority when the cause is just; a ruler can become a lion to the unprotected.