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Many sin for love of gain, he who desires riches silences his conscience. Just as the stake is settled between two stones, so sin wedges itself between buying and selling. The house of him who does not keep himself firmly in the fear of the Lord will soon be knocked to the ground.

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Bread is life to the poor; he who takes it from them is a murderer.

Better to stumble on the ground than to make a slip with the tongue; this is how easily the wicked fall.

Few perhaps are the days of the just man’s life but an honored name endures forever.

When you experience abundance, remember the days of famine; when you enjoy riches, think of poverty and misery. Time slips by between morning and evening, all things pass quickly before the Lord.

Wine and women corrupt the best of men; whoever frequents prostitutes loses all sense of shame.

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