²⁹ A patient person shows great understanding,^(A)
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

³² Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper,^[a] than capturing a city.^(A)

¹¹ A person’s insight gives him patience,^(A)
and his virtue is to overlook an offense.^(B)

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what^[a] is before you,
² and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big^[b] appetite;
³ don’t desire his choice food,^(A)
for that food is deceptive.

29 One who becomes stiff-necked,
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.^(A)