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Foolish people should not be proud.
    And rulers should not be liars!

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10 A wise man will learn more from a warning
    than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

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12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than to meet a foolish person doing foolish things.

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16 It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom.
    He doesn’t really want to be wise.

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24 The person with understanding looks for wisdom.
    But a foolish person lets his mind wander everywhere.

25 A foolish son makes his father sad.
    And he causes his mother great sorrow.

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28 Even a foolish person seems to be wise if he keeps quiet.
    He appears to have understanding if he doesn’t speak.

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