Scraps Of Wisdom

Snippets of wisdom from Solomon's cutting room floor.

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Wise men can learn by hearing good advice, but some people can only learn from a beating.

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Abundant crops come by the strength of an ox, but you have to deal with a lot of shit.

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Follow @ScrapsofWisdom for Solomon's first drafts, rough cuts, and proverbs that never made it into the Scriptures.

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Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has what is precious; take away arrogance from the leader and righteousness will follow.

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Go to the mantis, my son. Consider her ways and be wise. As soon as she has received your seed, she will devour you.

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Better is a knife in the back than a friend who turns on you when you need them most.

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Drip. Drip. Drip. The nagging of a wife is like the continual dripping of rain.

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The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels… Mmmm. I’m hungry now.

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People ask me how I can extol the virtues of monogamy when I have 600 wives. The answer is, “Because I have 600 wives.”

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Follow @ScrapsofWisdom for Solomon's first drafts, rough cuts, and proverbs that never made it into the Scriptures.

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The devising of folly is sin, and the vultures gather to watch a man destined for destruction.

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Beware the woman who knows her own beauty. Once she has your loins, she will bleed you of your strength.

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Wealth and wisdom are from the hand of the Lord. For blessing or cursing, only the mind of God knows.

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A soft answer turns away wrath, and sarcasm is sweet when it goes unnoticed.

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Beware of accumulating many wives and of increasing the beds in one’s harem. For with many wives come many griefs, quarrels, and complaints.

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Warn a child of the paths toward destruction, and you will live to see him play on each of them.

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My son, keep your father's commandments, and forsake not your mother's teaching, or you will get a scolding from her and a beating from me.

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Follow @ScrapsofWisdom for Solomon's first drafts, rough cuts, and proverbs that never made it into the Scriptures.