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20. A greedy man,
    If he be not moderate,
    Eats to his mortal sorrow.
    Oftentimes his belly
    Draws laughter on a silly man
    Who among the prudent comes.

21. Cattle know
    When to go home
    And then from grazing cease;
    But a foolish man
    Never knows
    His stomach's measure.

22. A miserable man,
    And ill-conditioned,
    Sneers at everything:
    One thing he knows not,
    Which he ought to know,
    That he is not free from faults.

23. A foolish man
    Is all night awake,
    Pondering over everything;
    He then grows tired,
    And when morning comes
    All is lament as before.

24. A foolish man
    Thinks all who on him smile
    To be his friends;
    He feels it not,
    Although they speak ill of him,
    When he sits among the clever.

25. A foolish man
    Thinks all who speak him fair
    To be his friends;
    But he will find,
    If into court he comes,
    That he has few advocates.