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Come to the point and say it all in a few words. Show that you are well-informed, but stay quiet. Don't treat important people as if you were their equal and don't make a nuisance of yourself by asking them a lot of questions.[a] 10 The reputation of a modest person goes before him, as lightning before thunder.

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  1. Sirach 32:9 Hebrew make...questions; Greek keep talking when someone else is speaking.

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