¹⁵The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. There are three things that never are satisfied, and the fourth never saith: It is enough.

¹⁶Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.

¹⁷The eye that mocketh at his father, and that despiseth the labour of his mother in bearing him, let the ravens of the brooks pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

¹⁸Three things are hard to me, and the fourth I am utterly ignorant of.

¹⁹The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth.

²⁰Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

²¹By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear.

²²By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when be is filled with meat:

²³By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.

²⁴There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise.

²⁵The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:

²⁶The rabbit, a weak people, which maketh its bed in the rock:

²⁷The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

²⁸The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings’ houses.

²⁹There are three things, which go well, and the fourth that walketh happily:

³⁰A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth:

³¹A cock girded about the loins: and a ram: and a king, whom none can resist.

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