- Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
- Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight.
- A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
- Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.
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- As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
- Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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