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The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know 1the way to the city.
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2Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
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Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for 3drunkenness!
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Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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Bread is made for laughter, and 4wine gladdens life, and 5money answers everything.
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Even in your thoughts, 6do not curse the king, nor in your 7bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.