He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

[הָלֹוךְ כ] (הֹולֵ֣ךְ ק) אֶת־חֲכָמִ֣ים [וַחֲכָם כ] (יֶחְכָּ֑ם ק) וְרֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֹֽועַ׃

Proverbs 13:20

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 13:20).

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Another quote from the 7th century BC

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Proverbs 18:22).

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

Thrasymachus

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Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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Another quote originally in Hebrew

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.