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• Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. (Proverbs 26, 4)

• Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26, 5)

• He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. (Proverbs 26, 6)

• Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool. (Proverbs 26, 8)

• Like an archer who wounds everybody is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard. (Proverbs 26, 10)

• Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool that repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26, 11)

• Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. (Proverbs 26, 12)

• A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. (Proverbs 27, 3)

• Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. (Proverbs 27, 22)

• He who trusts in his own mind is a fool; but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. (Proverbs 28, 26)

• If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet. (Proverbs 29, 9)

• A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back. (Proverbs 29, 11)