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- Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
- Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for strength and not for drunkenness.
- Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
- Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
- Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
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