The throat can swallow any food,
yet some foods are more agreeable than others;
As the palate tests meat by its savor,
so does a keen mind insincere words.
A deceitful character causes grief
but an experienced man can turn the tables on him.
Though any man may be accepted as a husband,
yet one girl will be more suitable than another
a woman's beauty makes her husband's face light up
for it surpasses all else that charms the eye.
And if, besides, her speech is kindly,
his lot is beyond that of mortal men.
A wife is her husband's richest treasure,
a helpmate, a steady column.
A vineyard with no hedge will be overrun;
a man with no wife becomes a homeless wanderer.
Who will trust an armed band
that shifts from city to city?
Or a man who has no nest,
but lodges where night overtakes him?
-Sirach 36: 18-27
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