Ecclesiasticus · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and makes him to sit among great men.
2Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.
3The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit is the chief of sweet things.
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