en_tn/pro/18/13.md

it is his folly and shame

AT: "it is foolish of him, and he should be ashamed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

A person's spirit will survive sickness

A person's spirit stands for a person's desire to live. AT: "If a person is full of hope in his inner being, he will survive being sick" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

but a broken spirit who can bear it?

This is a rhetorical question, expecting the answer that few can bear it. AT: "but it is very hard to bear a broken spirit" (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

a broken spirit

AT: "being depressed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)