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10 Dead flies make perfumed oil ferment and stink, just as a little stupidity outweighs wisdom and honor.

A wise man’s heart heads right, but a fool’s heart heads left.

Even when a fool is walking down the road, he does not know where he is going, and he advertises to everyone that he is a fool.

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10 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
    so a little folly(A) outweighs wisdom and honor.
The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
    but the heart of the fool to the left.
Even as fools walk along the road,
    they lack sense
    and show everyone(B) how stupid they are.

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