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It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment.

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