Lazy hands make for poverty,(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(B)

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23 All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)

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