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• One who throws a stone at birds scares them away, and one who reviles a friend will break off the friendship. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 20)

• Even if you have drawn your sword against a friend, do not despair, for a renewal of friendship is possible. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 21)

• If you have opened your mouth against your friend, do not worry, for reconciliation is possible; but as for reviling, arrogance, disclosure of secrets, or a treacherous blow -- in these cases any friend will flee. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 22)

• I will not be ashamed to protect a friend, and I will not hide from him; (Ecclesiasticus 23, 25)

• Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me, and do not surrender me to a shameless soul. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 6)

• A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and the scourge will not leave his house; if he offends, his sin remains on him, and if he disregards it, he sins doubly; if he has sworn needlessly, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities. (Ecclesiasticus 24, 11)

• My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 1)

• My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life: a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 2)

• The talk of men given to swearing makes one's hair stand on end, and their quarrels make a man stop his ears. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 14)

• Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence, and he will never find a congenial friend. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 16)

• Love your friend and keep faith with him; but if you betray his secrets, do not run after him. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 17)

• For as a man destroys his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 18)