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From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good,
    but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
He who guards his mouth preserves his life;
    he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

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