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- Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
- The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;
- The shephanim are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
- The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
- The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces.
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- There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk:
- The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any,
- The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And a king when his army is with him.
- If you have been foolish in exalting yourself Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.
- For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; So the churning of anger produces strife.
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