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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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 8.

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The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

Isaiah 40:8

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681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Isaiah 40:8).

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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:4-5

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:4-5).

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And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark.

God

Genesis 6:19

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God
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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:19).

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Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
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Almanac
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Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.