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It is better to dwell alone in the wilderness than with an angry contentious (quarreling and angry) woman.
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A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a jewel of gold in a swine's snout.
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A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Their arguments are like the bars of a castle.
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Better is a bowel of soup where there is love, than a steak with someone you hate.
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A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof.
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It is better to dwell on the corner of the roof than to share the house with a contentious (combative) woman.
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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share the house with a contentious woman.
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Continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Trying to stop her is like trying to stop the wind, or holding something with greased hands.
A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband. She who acts shameful is rottenness in his bones.
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Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her own hands.
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Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear:
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For a detestable woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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The leach has two daughters. Each cry: Give, Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes; even four things never say: It is enough! The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that does not say: It is enough.
There are three things that are too wonderful for me, yes, four I do not know: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. Such is the way of an adulterous woman. She eats and wipes her mouth, and says: I have done no wickedness. read more.
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For a detestable woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise: The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks. The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces. There are three things that go well, yes, four go well: A lion is strongest among beasts and does not run from anything. A greyhound, a he goat also and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Under three things the earth is disquieted, and for four it cannot bear: For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food; For a detestable woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress. There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise: The ants are beings that are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer. The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks. The spider grasps with her hands, and in kings' palaces. There are three things that go well, yes, four go well: A lion is strongest among beasts and does not run from anything. A greyhound, a he goat also and a king, against whom there is no rising up.