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Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
    or stand in the place of the great;
for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here’,
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

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Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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