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16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a boy, And thy princes feast in the morning! 17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, And thy princes eat in due season, In strength, and not in drunkenness! 18 By slothfulness the rafters sink in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 19 A feast is made for laughter, And wine maketh glad the life; And money answereth all things. 20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, And curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; For a bird of the air shall carry the voice, And that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Ecclesiastes 10:16-20, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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