L ike the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.
Denn gleichwie ein Vogel, der sich über Eier setzt und brütet sie nicht aus, also ist der, so unrecht Gut sammelt; denn er muß davon, wenn er's am wenigsten achtet, und muß zuletzt Spott dazu haben.
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