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¹²Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them. ¹³The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness; ¹⁴yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds? ¹⁵The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town.

¹⁶Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant, and your princes feast in the morning! ¹⁷Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time— for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¹⁸Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks. ¹⁹Feasts are made for laughter; wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.