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10 Dead flies give perfume a bad smell.
    And a little foolishness can make a lot of wisdom useless.
The hearts of wise people lead them on the right path.
    But the hearts of foolish people take them down the wrong path.
Foolish people don’t have any sense at all.
    They show everyone they are foolish.
    They do it even when they are walking along the road.

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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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