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Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense
    and show to everyone that they are fools.(A)

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A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only in expressing personal opinion.(A)

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16 The clever do all things intelligently,
    but the fool displays folly.(A)

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They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.4 Or they malign you

For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.

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A fool’s lips bring strife,
    and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

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