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One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.

The desire, which is accomplished, is sweet to the soul.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself.

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.

The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The tongue has the power of life and death.

To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.

Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.

Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun

Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor. Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile! What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile! There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work.