As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

Proverbs 27:17

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Positive influences Friendship

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 27:17).

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Another quote about Friendship

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Virtue Friendship Reciprocity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote from the 7th century BC

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 2:4

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World peace Peace End times
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Isaiah The Bible
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Scripture
Genre
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Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 2:4).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger

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Goals Aimlessness

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Seneca the Younger
Source
Letters of Seneca the Younger
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26-27

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Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:26-27).

Another quote of the following type Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Justice is truth in action.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Justice
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Benjamin Disraeli
Source
Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Address on agricultural distress. House of Commons. 11 Feb. 1851, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.