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- "Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:
- Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;
- locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
- a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.
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- "There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
- a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
- a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him.
- "If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
- For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
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