Part 2: On perspicaciousness (good judgment, perceptiveness), reasonableness, sagacity, savoir-faire, wisdom, and worldly wisdom
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  g k j k m il ar .
ango does not fight and destroy the enclosure for dyeing.
(Some people are beyond the reach of some nemesis.)
 ng n un n k k nrin suuru b j ;   n b -i t un?  ng n k t  k r .
 ng says he gathers people around him to fight together;   asks if  ng includes people like him, and  ng says   is the exception.
(No one wants to engage in any venture with an unpredictable trouble maker.)
 e m n u n   w j  k u  b ?
Does Give me some yam go before Hello there, you working man. ?
(It is bad form to ask people for favors before you say hello to them.)
This is a variant of B n mi n u kan . . .
 k r   f p na.
The beaded musical gourd is not something to play with a stick.
(Always apply the proper tool to the job.)
 k - k - d ra,  gb n al gb d r f n m .
Handcuffs are pretty, but the blacksmith does not fashion them for his own child.
(When trouble is being distributed, one always wishes to exempt one's own people.)
S t n l ; k r ta l  gb .
Perfidy has no home; the home of   is the crossroads.
(No one makes room in his or her home for an abomination.)
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