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10 A single reprimand does more for a discerning person
    than a hundred lashes for a fool.[a]

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  1. 17:10 A wonderful comment on the openness and sensitivity of the wise and the foolish. One type learns from a single word and for the other one hundred blows are not enough.

10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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