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23 lines
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## The wealth of the rich is his fortified city ##
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AT: "A rich person will try to protect himself with his wealth" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## fortified city ##
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city with strong defences like walls and towers
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## in his imagination it is like a high wall ##
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The protection provided by wealth is not real but only imagined.
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## Before his downfall a person's heart is proud ##
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AT: "First a person is proud, but then comes his downfall"
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## his downfall ##
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AT: "he falls down" or "he is humiliated" or "his life and reputation are destroyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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## humility comes before honor ##
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AT: "humility leads to honor"
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