A land suffers under childish rulers and laziness; wisdom requires restraint even in private speech
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Ecclesiastes 10:18
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Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!Ecclesiastes 10:17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!Ecclesiastes 10:18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.Ecclesiastes 10:20Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Ecclesiastes 10:16-20
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