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## Answer a fool and join in on his folly ##
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AT: "Answer a fool according to his folly"
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## so he will not become wise in his own eyes ##
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AT: "so he will not think he is wise"
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## Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence ##
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AT: "a person who sends a fool to deliver a message for him will cause harm to himself"
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## cuts off his own feet ##
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Trusting a fool with a message is as ridiculous as cutting off his own feet. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## drinks violence ##
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Sending a message by a fool is compared to taking in what will damage. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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