12 Más vale toparse con una osa a la que le quitaron los cachorros
    que con un necio empecinado en su necedad.

13 El mal nunca se apartará
    de la familia de aquel que devuelve mal por bien.

14 Iniciar una pelea es romper una represa;
    vale más retirarse que comenzarla.

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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.(A)

13 Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil(B) for good.(C)

14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.(D)

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12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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