Proverbs 17:8-10

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⁸ Somebody who offers a bribe thinks that it will work like magic.
    It will help him to do whatever he wants to do.
⁹ If you forgive people when they hurt you,
    they will still love you.
But if you continue to talk about what they have done,
    they will no longer be your friends.
¹⁰ You can warn a wise person once and he will learn what is right.
    But a fool never learns, even if you hit him a hundred times.