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- Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
- Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
- Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
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- Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
- Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
- Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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