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1. A son is good if he listens to his father when he is a child, and places this advice in his heart and remembers it every day; look, one says about him that he is free from every evil.
2. The sun appears on the horizon and it shines in the sky. Happy are all hearts when they see it.
3. How evil is a river empty of water!
4. Say it to the sovereign, and he in turn will say it to his manservant.
5. How great is your house! It is rich in every beautiful thing.
6. He does not know this excellent plan.
7. They send the boat to the city so that he may ferry you across in it.