Diligence and Honesty in Commerce

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Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

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“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

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There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

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Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

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Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

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He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.