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The Value of Work

16 How terrible it is for a country whose king is a child
    and whose leaders eat all morning.
17 How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family,
    whose leaders eat only at mealtime
    and for strength, not to get drunk.

18 If someone is lazy, the roof will begin to fall.
    If he doesn’t fix it, the house will leak.

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