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

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

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.

In all your actions remember your last end and you will never sin.

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