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A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
    but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

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The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.(A)

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19 Like water reflects a face,
    so a man’s heart reflects the man.

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19 Just as water reflects the face,
    so one human heart reflects another.

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21 The crucible is for silver,
    and the furnace for gold;
    but man is refined by his praise.

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21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    so a person is tested[a] by being praised.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.21 Heb lacks is tested