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The mist spoils the sun, and the harlot wife spoils her husband's property.

Many serve friends and not friendship.

Much wine - little mind.

Silence can be the harshest accusation.

We are all smart when it comes to giving advice, but when it comes to avoiding mistakes, we are no different from children.

Don't be quarrelsome and obnoxious; such people never get out of poverty.

You don't have to believe in everything and everyone.

Don't shy away from a friend in trouble.

Do not search the dark things, if you disregard the clear things.

Not every woman's beauty is gold, but mind and silence.

I don't convince with words, but with character.

Rejoice not in the death of the enemy, for all men are mortal, and all await the home of eternity. If you have an enemy, do not pray to the god for his death, because by dying he gets rid of all the evils of the world. Pray that he will be poor, live and groan in pain all his life.

A thoughtlessly thrown word is as hard to remember as a thrown stone.

There is nothing in the world more fearless than stupidity.

There is nothing more powerful than the word.

There is nothing more terrible than anger.

There is no vice worse than gossip: when he comments on another's fault, the gossiper is filled with shame.

No good is more useful than a friend.

Never blame your wife unfairly.

Never remember past hurts.

No one wants to be related to a poor person.

The moral qualities of a righteous man completely obey the laws.

The accuser and the judge cannot merge into one person.

A large amount of wine makes you grumpy.

It is human nature to make mistakes.

Above all, learn to keep quiet.

A bad husband is more bitter than death.

The instigator always wins.

Despise the talker who interrupts his interlocutor to make his point.

Despise lewd men, hardened in vice. You can't direct them like you can't calm the wind.