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Whoso seeketh her early shall have no great travail: for he shall find her sitting at his doors.
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To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.
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For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.
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For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
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And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
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And incorruption maketh us near unto God:
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Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
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If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
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As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
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Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
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But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.