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"Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb goes."
Diogenes Laertius / Plato. xxxii.
Plato. xxxii.
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"In the time of Pythagoras that proverbial phrase "Ipse dixit" was introduced into ordinary life."
Diogenes Laertius / Pythagoras. xxv.
Pythagoras. xxv.
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"A proverb and a byword."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. 1 Kings ix. 7.
The Bible, Old Testament. 1 Kings ix. 7.
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"I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Psalm cxxxii. 4; Proverbs vi. 4.
The Bible, Old Testament. Psalm cxxxii. 4; Proverbs vi. 4.
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"My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs i. 10.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs i. 10.
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"Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the street."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs i. 20.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs i. 20.
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"Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iii. 16.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iii. 16.
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"Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iii. 17.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iii. 17.
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"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iv. 7.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iv. 7.
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"The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iv. 18.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs iv. 18.
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"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 6.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 6.
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"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 10; xxiv. 33.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 10; xxiv. 33.
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"So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 11.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 11.
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"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 27.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vi. 27.
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"As an ox goeth to the slaughter."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vii. 22; Jeremiah xi. 19.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs vii. 22; Jeremiah xi. 19.
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"Wisdom is better than rubies."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs viii. 11.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs viii. 11.
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"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs ix. 17.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs ix. 17.
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"He knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs ix. 18.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs ix. 18.
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"A wise son maketh a glad father."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 1.
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"The memory of the just is blessed."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 7.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 7.
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"The destruction of the poor is their poverty."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 15.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs x. 15.
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"In the multitude of counsellors there is safety."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 14; xxiv. 6.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 14; xxiv. 6.
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"He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 15.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 15.
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"As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 22.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 22.
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"The liberal soul shall be made fat."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 25.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xi. 25.
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"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xii. 10.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xii. 10.
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"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 12.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 12.
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"The way of transgressors is hard."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 15.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 15.
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"He that spareth his rod hateth his son."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 24.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiii. 24.
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"Fools make a mock at sin."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 9.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 9.
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"The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 10.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 10.
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"The prudent man looketh well to his going."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 15.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 15.
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"The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 23.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 23.
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"The righteous hath hope in his death."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 32.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 32.
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"Righteousness exalteth a nation."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 34.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 34.
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"A soft answer turneth away wrath."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 1.
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"A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 13.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 13.
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"He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 15.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 15.
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"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 17.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 17.
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"A word spoken in due season, how good is it!"
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 23.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 23.
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"A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 9.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 9.
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"The hoary head is a crown of glory."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 31.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 31.
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"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 32.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 32.
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"The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 33.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 33.
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"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 8.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 8.
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"He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 9.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 9.
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"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 22.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 22.
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"The eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 24.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 24.
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"He that hath knowledge spareth his words."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 27.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 27.
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"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 28.
The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 28.
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