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1Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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Faithful are 2the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
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One who is full loathes 3honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
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Like 4a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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5Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
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Do not forsake your friend and 6your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. 7Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
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8Be wise, 9my son, and 10make my heart glad, that I may 11answer him who reproaches me.
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12The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but 13the simple go on and suffer for it.
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14Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
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Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;