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Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand,
But a fool’s heart at his left.
But a fool’s heart at his left.
A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.
but a fool’s heart to the left.
Even when a fool walks along the way,
He lacks wisdom,
And he shows everyone that he is a fool.
He lacks wisdom,
And he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,
and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
As an error proceeding from the ruler:
As an error proceeding from the ruler:
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
I have seen servants on horses,
While princes walk on the ground like servants.
While princes walk on the ground like servants.
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.
And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them,
And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.
And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.
He who quarries stones is hurt by them,
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.
there is no advantage to the charmer.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
The words of his mouth begin with foolishness,
And the end of his talk is raving madness.
And the end of his talk is raving madness.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
A fool also multiplies words.
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him what will be after him?
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him what will be after him?
A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?
The labor of fools wearies them,
For they do not even know how to go to the city!
For they do not even know how to go to the city!
The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.
for he does not know the way to the city.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
And your princes feast in the morning!
And your princes feast in the morning!
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
and your princes feast in the morning!
and your princes feast in the morning!
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
And your princes feast at the proper time —
For strength and not for drunkenness!
And your princes feast at the proper time —
For strength and not for drunkenness!
Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.
and through indolence the house leaks.
A feast is made for laughter,
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.
Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.
Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king,
nor in your bedroom curse the rich,
for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.
nor in your bedroom curse the rich,
for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.