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26:1  Expecting snow in summer and rain in the dry season makes more sense than honoring a fool.
26:2  A curse you don't deserve will take wings and fly away like a sparrow or a swallow.
26:3  Horses and donkeys must be beaten and bridled— and so must fools.
26:4  Don't make a fool of yourself by answering a fool.
26:5  But if you answer any fools, show how foolish they are, so they won't feel smart.
26:6  Sending a message by a fool is like chopping off your foot just to spite yourself.
26:7  A fool with words of wisdom is like an athlete with legs that can't move.
26:8  Are you going to honor a fool? Why not shoot a slingshot with the rock tied tight?
26:9  A thornbush waved around in the hand of a drunkard is no worse than a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
26:10  It's no smarter to shoot arrows at every passerby than it is to hire a bunch of worthless nobodies.
26:11  Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness.
26:12  There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, “I'm really smart!”
26:13  Don't be lazy and keep saying, “There's a lion outside!”
26:14  A door turns on its hinges, but a lazy person just turns over in bed.
26:15  Some of us are so lazy that we won't lift a hand to feed ourselves.
26:16  A lazy person says, “I am smarter than everyone else.”
26:17  It's better to take hold of a mad dog by the ears than to take part in someone else's argument.
26:18  It's no crazier to shoot sharp and flaming arrows
26:19  than to cheat someone and say, “I was only fooling!”
26:20  Where there is no fuel a fire goes out; where there is no gossip arguments come to an end.
26:21  Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.
26:22  There is nothing so delicious as the taste of gossip! It melts in your mouth.
26:23  Hiding hateful thoughts behind smooth talk is like coating a clay pot with a cheap glaze.
26:24  The pleasant talk of an enemy hides more evil plans
26:25  than can be counted— so don't believe a word!
26:26  Everyone will see through those evil plans.
26:27  If you dig a pit, you will fall in; if you start a stone rolling, it will roll back on you.
26:28  Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters— they are out to get you.