If the barzel (iron) be blunt,
and he do not whet the edge,
then must more strength be marshalled;
but chochmah brings success.

If the ruach of the moshel rise up against thee,
leave not thy mekom;
for calmness pacifieth chatta'im gedolim.

Dead flies cause the perfumerʼs shemen to send forth a foul odor;
so doth a little sichlut outweigh chochmah and kavod.

The words of a chachamʼs mouth are chen (gracious);
but the lips of a kesil will swallow up himself.

He that diggeth a gumatz (pit) shall fall into it;
and whoso breaketh through a wall, a nachash shall bite him.

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