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Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
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Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man`s house.
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You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
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And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
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Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
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I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."