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Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
    still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17.7 Or a noble

Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
    how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)

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26 To impose a fine on the innocent is not right
    or to flog the noble for their integrity.(A)

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26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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