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Both punishment and sweet reward, It will befall both fool and lord. It is a spiritual scoreboard, Your every deed it does record.
I open wide and tight I shut, Sharp am I and paper-cut fingers too, so do take care, I'm good and bad, so best beware.
I never was but always will be. No one ever saw me but everyone knows I exist. I give people the motivation to better themselves every day. What am I?
What tastes better than it smells?
What is up thatβs also down? Whatβs a smile and a frown?
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?