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Sirach 31:17
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17Leave off first for manners’ sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
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15Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
16Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.
— Sirach 31:17 —
18When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
19A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.