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[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.

[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,