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If you say kind words, you will eat good things.
    But wicked people only want to be cruel.
Someone who thinks before he speaks will keep his life safe.
    But someone who talks too much will destroy himself.
A lazy person always wants to have more, but he will not get it.
    If a person works hard, he will have more than he needs.

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

Those who guard their lips(B) preserve their lives,(C)
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.(D)

A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,(E)
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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