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And if a man love righteousness, her labors are virtues; for she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in their life.
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If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come; she knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences; she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.
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Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing that she would be a counselor of good things and a comfort in cares and grief.
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For her sake I shall have esteem among the multitude and honor with the elders, though I be young.
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I shall be found of a quick conception in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
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When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure; and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me; if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.
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Moreover, by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.
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I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
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Horrible tyrants shall be afraid when they do but hear of me. I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.
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After I have come into mine house, I will repose myself with her; for her conversation hath no bitterness, and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.
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Now when I considered these things in myself and pondered them in my heart; how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality,