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

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Proverbs xxiii. 2.

Riches certainly make themselves wings.

Proverbs xxiii. 5.

As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Proverbs xxiii. 7.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs xxiii. 21.

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.

Proverbs xxiii. 31, 32.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.