Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Proverbs iii. 17.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs iv. 7.

The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs iv. 18.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Proverbs vi. 6.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.

Proverbs vi. 10; xxiv. 33.