Sirach 34:1-4 and Sirach 22:19-22
Dreams Mean Nothing
Foolsih people are decieved by vain hopes, and dreams get them all excited.
A person who pays any attention at all to dreams is like someone who tries to catch shadows or chase the wind
What you see in a dream is no more real than the reflection of yourself in a mirror
What is unreal can no more produce something real than what is dirty can produce something clean.
Friendship
If you stick something in your eye, tears will flow; and if you hurt a person deeply, you will discover his true feelings
If you throw rocks at birds, you will scare them away; and if you insult a friend, you will break up the friendship.
Even if you have a violent argument with a friend, and speak sharply, all is not lost. You can still make it up with him.
But any friend will leave you if you insult him, if you are arrogant, if you reveal his secrets, or if you turn on him unexpectedly.
Foolsih people are decieved by vain hopes, and dreams get them all excited.
A person who pays any attention at all to dreams is like someone who tries to catch shadows or chase the wind
What you see in a dream is no more real than the reflection of yourself in a mirror
What is unreal can no more produce something real than what is dirty can produce something clean.
Friendship
If you stick something in your eye, tears will flow; and if you hurt a person deeply, you will discover his true feelings
If you throw rocks at birds, you will scare them away; and if you insult a friend, you will break up the friendship.
Even if you have a violent argument with a friend, and speak sharply, all is not lost. You can still make it up with him.
But any friend will leave you if you insult him, if you are arrogant, if you reveal his secrets, or if you turn on him unexpectedly.
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