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"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 28.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A wounded spirit who can bear?"
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 22.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 24.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xix. 17.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Every fool will be meddling."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 3.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The hearing ear and the seeing eye."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxi. 9.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 6.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The borrower is servant to the lender."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Remove not the ancient landmark."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 28; xxiii. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 29.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Riches certainly make themselves wings."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 21.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup; . . . at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 31, 32.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiv. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiv. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 11.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Heap coals of fire upon his head."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 22.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 25.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Answer a fool according to his folly."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 13.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 16.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 27.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Open rebuke is better than secret love."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 6.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 15.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 17.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 22.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxviii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxviii. 20.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Where there is no vision, the people perish."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxix. 18.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Give me neither poverty nor riches."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxx. 8.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxx. 15.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In her tongue is the law of kindness."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 26.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 27.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Her children arise up and call her blessed."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 28.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 29.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain."
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 30.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain