17 (A)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than (B)a fattened ox and hatred with it.
18 (C)A hot-tempered man (D)stirs up strife,
    but he who is (E)slow to anger quiets contention.
19 The way of (F)a sluggard is like a hedge of (G)thorns,
    but the path of the upright is (H)a level highway.

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