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- The sayings of King Lemuel--an oracle his mother taught him:
- "O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
- do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- "It is not for kings, O Lemuel-- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
- lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
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- Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;
- let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
- "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
- Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character
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