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Wisdom about personal finance.
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From the library
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground. Heaven will save its possessor, by his (very) gentleness protecting him.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no safety for him.