KEG 1:1 Whoever has walked with truth generates life.
KEG 1:2 Do not cut off the neck of that which has had its neck cut off.
KEG 1:3 That which is given in submission becomes a medium of defiance.
KEG 1:4 The destruction is from his own personal god; he knows no savior.
KEG 1:5 Wealth is hard to come by, but poverty is always at hand.
KEG 1:6 He acquires many things, he must keep close watch over them.
KEG 1:7 A boat bent on honest pursuits sailed downstream with the wind; Utu has sought out honest ports for it.
KEG 1:8 He who drinks too much beer must drink water.
KEG 1:9 He who eats too much will not be able to sleep.
KEG 1:10 Since my wife is at the outdoor shrine, and furthermore since my mother is at the river, I shall die of hunger, he says. 
KEG 1:11 May the goddess Inanna cause a hot-limited wife to lie down for you; May she bestow upon you broad-armed sons; May she seek out for you a place of Happiness.
KEG 1:12 The fox could not build his own house, and so he came to the house of his friend as a conqueror.
KEG 1:13 The fox, having urinated into the sea, said, "The whole of the sea is my urine."
KEG 1:14 The poor man nibbles at his silver.
KEG 1:15 The poor are the silent ones of the land.
KEG 1:16 All the households of the poor are not equally submissive.
KEG 1:17 A poor man does not strike his son a single blow; he treasures him forever.