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• just so he will endure any annoyance but from his ill-wishers, (Ecclesiasticus 25, 20)

• any sentence imposed on him but by his enemies.✻ (Ecclesiasticus 25, 21)

• But there is no affliction wrings the heart like a woman’s jealousy; (Ecclesiasticus 26, 8)

• Reckless thou wilt find her as thirsty traveller that puts his mouth to the spring and drinks what water he can get; no stake but she will make fast by it, no arrow comes amiss to her archery, till of dalliance she has had enough. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 15)

• The sieve shaken, nothing is left but refuse; so thou wilt find a man’s poverty in his thought.✻ (Ecclesiasticus 27, 5)

• but once the secret is out all is misery, all is despair. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 24)

• Here in thy presence, he smooths his brow, and is all in wonderment at thy wise sayings; but ere long he will change his tune, and lend thy words an ill colour. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 26)

• None can throw stone in air but at his own head’s peril, nor ever was blow struck treacherously, but the traitor must have his share of hurt; (Ecclesiasticus 27, 28)

• Heat is gendered by the haste of rivalry, and bloodshed by hot blood; but it is tongue of witness that brings death. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 13)

• Whip that lashes does but bruise the skin; tongue that lashes will break bones; (Ecclesiasticus 28, 21)

• Not for ever shall its reign persist, but where wicked men go it still follows; the just it cannot consume, (Ecclesiasticus 28, 26)

• but if thou forsake God thou shalt encounter it, a fire that burns thee and will not be quenched, an assault more perilous than assault of lion or pard. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 27)