Whakatauki.
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Kei whakamanamana koe ki te rā āpōpō; kāhore hoki koe e mōhio ko te aha e puta mai i roto i te rā. 
Mā tētahi atu tangata te whakamoemiti mōu, kaua mā tōu māngai ake; mā te tangata kē, kaua mā ōu ngutu ake. 
He taimaha te kōhatu, he taimaha anō te kirikiri; he taimaha atu ia i ā rāua tahi te pukuriri o te wairangi. 
He mea nanakia te riri, he rūtaki te āritarita; ko wai ia e tū i mua i te hae? 
He pai kē te riri matanui i te aroha huna. 
Ko ngā patu a te hoa aroha he mea nā te pono; ko ngā kihi ia a te hoariri auau rawa. 
E ngaruru ana te wairua mākona ki te honikoma; engari ki te wairua hiakai, reka kau ngā mea kawa katoa. 
Rite tonu ki te manu e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna kōhanga te tangata e ātiutiu noa atu ana i tōna wāhi. 
He whakahari ngākau te hinu me te whakakakara; he pērā anō ngā āhuareka o tō te tangata hoa aroha i ahu mai i ngā tikanga mateoha i whakatakotoria e tōna ngākau. 
Ko tōu hoa aroha ake, ā, ko te hoa hoki o tōu pāpā, kaua e whakarērea; kaua hoki e haere ki te whare o tōu tuakana i te rā e mate ai koe. He pai kē hoki te hoa e tata ana i te tuakana i tawhiti. 
E tāku tama, kia whakaaro nui, kia koa ai tōku ngākau, kia whakahoki kupu ai hoki ahau ki te hunga e tāwai ana ki ahau. 
E kite atu ana te tangata tūpato i te hē, ā, ka huna i a ia; tēnā ko te kūware, haere tonu atu, mamae tonu atu. 
Tangohia te kākahu o te kaiwhakakapi mō te tangata kē; tōna taunaha anō hoki mō tā te wahine kē. 
Ko te tangata e maranga ana i te atatū, he nui hoki tōna reo ki te manaaki i tōna hoa, ka kīia tāna he kanga. 
He māturuturu e pūputu tonu ana i te rā nui te ua, he wahine ngangare, rite tonu rāua; 
ko te tangata e mea ana ki te pēhi i a ia, e mea ana ki te pēhi i te hau, ā, ka tūtaki tōna ringa matau ki te hinu. 
Ko te rino hei whakakoi mō te rino; waihoki ko te tangata anō hei whakakoi i te mata o tōna hoa. 
Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ōna hua; ka whakahōnoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tōna rangatira. 
He pērā i te wai, tiro atu, tiro mai he kanohi, ka pēnā anō tō te tangata ngākau ki te tangata. 
Ko te rēinga, ko te whakangaromanga, e kore e mākona; e kore anō hoki e mākona ngā kanohi o te tangata. 
Ko te oko tahu para mō te hiriwa, ko te oumu mō te kōura; ā, ko te whakanui i a ia, hei whakamātautau mō te tangata. 
Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete i waenga i ngā wīti pēpē, e kore tōna whakaarokore e riro. 
Kia anga nui koa kia mōhio ki te āhua o āu hipi, ā, kia pai te tiaki i āu kāhui kau; 
e kore hoki te taonga e mau tonu; e mau ianei te karauna ki ngā whakatupuranga katoa? 
Kua whāiti te hei, e kitea ana te tupu hou, ā, e kohikohia ana ngā otaota o ngā maunga. 
Hei mea kākahu mōu ngā reme, ā, ko ngā koati hei utu mō te māra. 
Ā tērā te waiū koati, he nui noa atu hei kai māu, hei kai hoki mā tōu whare, hei oranga anō hoki mō āu kōtiro. 
