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17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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20 Do not be among winebibbers,
    among riotous eaters of meat;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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16 Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you,
    lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

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The full soul loathes a honeycomb,
    but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Whoever keeps the law is a wise son,
    but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

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