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• A man's almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person's kindness like the apple of his eye. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 22)

• For all things cannot be in men, since a son of man is not immortal. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 30)

• My son, do not mix reproach with your good deeds, nor cause grief by your words when you present a gift. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 15)

• A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue? (Ecclesiasticus 20, 16)

• Have you sinned, my son? Do so no more, but pray about your former sins. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 1)

• It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 3)

• A wooden beam firmly bonded into a building will not be torn loose by an earthquake; so the mind firmly fixed on a reasonable counsel will not be afraid in a crisis. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 16)

• The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 5)

• Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 7)

• Many persons regard a loan as a windfall, and cause trouble to those who help them. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 4)

• "Give place, stranger, to an honored person; my brother has come to stay with me; I need my house." (Ecclesiasticus 30, 27)

• He who loves his son will whip him often, in order that he may rejoice at the way he turns out. (Ecclesiasticus 31, 1)