Sirach 41:12-14

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¹²Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you
longer than a thousand great stores of gold.
¹³The days of a good life are numbered,
but a good name endures for ever.

¹⁴My children, observe instruction and be at peace;
hidden wisdom and unseen treasure,
what advantage is there in either of them?

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