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- Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
- Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me.
- A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty.
- Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
- He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.
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- A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
- He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
- Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
- He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored.
- As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.
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