Bible in Basic English
"Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?"
— Proverbs 27:4, Bible in Basic English
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.